Doonside crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 1,125 offences in Doonside in 2025-26, including 261 violent offences and 40 break-ins. That is about 8,264 per 100,000 of its 13,614 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Blacktown council area.
Doonside is a suburb in the Blacktown council area of New South Wales (about 449,385 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2025-26: violent 1,322 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,500 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 220 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); theft 1,124 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blacktown council area is 5.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (7,073 public and 758 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,607 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 46.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 38.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 47.6% 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: 1,125 offences were recorded in Doonside in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Blacktown council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,322 | 5,941 | -3% |
| Property | 2,500 | 11,234 | -22% |
| Break-ins | 220 | 987 | -21% |
| Theft | 1,124 | 5,053 | -10% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Doonside has the 87th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,380 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 Doonside safe?
Doonside recorded about 8,380 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.1 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 87th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 261 violent offences (1,920 per 100,000 residents) and 40 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 Doonside?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1,125 offences in Doonside, about 8,260 per 100,000 of its 13,614 residents (2021 Census), including 261 violent offences and 40 break-ins.
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