Balmain East crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 114 offences in Balmain East in 2025-26, including 22 violent offences and 5 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Inner West council area.

Balmain East is a suburb in the Inner West council area of New South Wales (about 193,125 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 38 out of 100 (low), 258th of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by robbery (68th percentile), assault (31st percentile), sexual offences (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.

In 2025-26: violent 896 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 2,728 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 245 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); theft 1,283 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 96th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Inner West council area is 4.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,733 public and 816 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2,570 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 140 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 34.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 137.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 35.3% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

New South Wales publishes suburb-level counts: 114 offences were recorded in Balmain East in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Inner West council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent8961,731+12%
Property2,7285,268-2%
Break-ins245473+14%
Theft1,2832,478+0%

Inner West council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2041: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Balmain East safe?

Police recorded 114 offences in Balmain East in 2025-26, including 22 violent offences and 5 break-ins. Balmain East is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,900 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Inner West council area as a whole recorded 896 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 22% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 30% lower than the national rate (1,280). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.

What is the crime rate in Balmain East?

In 2025-26 police recorded 114 offences in Balmain East, including 22 violent offences and 5 break-ins.

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