Claremont Meadows crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Claremont Meadows is a suburb in the Penrith council area of New South Wales (about 231,701 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 159th 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 (59th percentile), robbery (79th percentile), sexual offences (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,360 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); property 3,250 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 319 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); theft 1,442 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Penrith council area is 4.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (2,394 public and 785 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 790 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.1% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Claremont Meadows are those of the Penrith council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,360 | 3,152 | -8% |
| Property | 3,250 | 7,530 | -20% |
| Break-ins | 319 | 740 | -26% |
| Theft | 1,442 | 3,342 | -15% |
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