Glenfield crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 864 offences in Glenfield in 2025-26, including 136 violent offences and 22 break-ins. That is about 8,200 per 100,000 of its 10,536 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Campbelltown council area.

Glenfield is a suburb in the Campbelltown council area of New South Wales (about 191,285 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 175th 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 (61st percentile), homicide (64th percentile), robbery (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.

In 2025-26: violent 1,403 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 2,616 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 220 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 1,082 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Campbelltown council area is 6.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.7% of occupied homes (4,543 public and 474 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 811 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.9 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.1% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Bangladesh, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 7.9% of homes; about 44.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 37.7% 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: 864 offences were recorded in Glenfield in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Campbelltown council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,4032,683+7%
Property2,6165,004-20%
Break-ins220421-30%
Theft1,0822,069-16%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Glenfield has the 118th highest recorded crime rate: about 7,140 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 Glenfield safe?

Glenfield recorded about 7,140 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 83% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 118th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 136 violent offences (1,290 per 100,000 residents) and 22 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 Glenfield?

In 2025-26 police recorded 864 offences in Glenfield, about 8,200 per 100,000 of its 10,536 residents (2021 Census), including 136 violent offences and 22 break-ins.

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