Concord West DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Concord West DC is a suburb in the Canada Bay council area of New South Wales (about 93,006 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 327th 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 homicide (54th percentile), robbery (32nd percentile), sexual offences (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.
In 2025-26: violent 572 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier); property 1,855 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 237 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); theft 886 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 121st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Canada Bay council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (626 public and 211 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 266 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Italy, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.4% 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 Concord West DC are those of the Canada Bay council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 572 | 532 | +46% |
| Property | 1,855 | 1,725 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 237 | 220 | +21% |
| Theft | 886 | 824 | +27% |
Canada Bay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2138: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Concord West DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Concord West DC is in the Canada Bay council area, which recorded 572 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 50% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 55% 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.
Police news near Concord West DC
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Nearby suburbs
Abbotsford · Breakfast Point · Cabarita · Canada Bay · Chiswick · Concord · Concord West · Drummoyne · Five Dock · Liberty Grove · Mortlake · North Strathfield · Rhodes · Rodd Point · Russell Lea · Wareemba
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