Canley Heights crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 402 offences in Canley Heights in 2025-26, including 76 violent offences and 19 break-ins. That is about 3,263 per 100,000 of its 12,320 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Fairfield council area.

Canley Heights is a suburb in the Fairfield council area of New South Wales (about 213,677 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 281st 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 assault (35th percentile), homicide (50th percentile), robbery (53rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.

In 2025-26: violent 860 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,974 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 119 per 100,000 (-38% vs five years earlier); theft 888 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 99th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Fairfield council area is 8.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.1% of occupied homes (3,912 public and 1,005 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,554 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 75 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 59.2% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in Vietnam, Iraq, Cambodia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 7.3% of homes; about 73.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 60.2% 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: 402 offences were recorded in Canley Heights in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Fairfield council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent8601,838+1%
Property1,9744,219-17%
Break-ins119255-38%
Theft8881,898-14%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Canley Heights has the 282nd lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,630 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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Questions

Is Canley Heights safe?

Canley Heights recorded about 3,630 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 7% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 282nd lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 76 violent offences (617 per 100,000 residents) and 19 break-ins there. 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 Canley Heights?

In 2025-26 police recorded 402 offences in Canley Heights, about 3,260 per 100,000 of its 12,320 residents (2021 Census), including 76 violent offences and 19 break-ins.

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