Homebush West crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 407 offences in Homebush West in 2025-26, including 86 violent offences and 25 break-ins. That is about 4,469 per 100,000 of its 9,108 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Strathfield council area.

Homebush West is a suburb in the Strathfield council area of New South Wales (about 49,203 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 231st 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 robbery (81st percentile), homicide (57th percentile), assault (34th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 34.

In 2025-26: violent 874 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 3,128 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 317 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); theft 1,539 per 100,000 (+43% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 98th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Strathfield council area is 6.4% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (434 public and 103 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 256 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 55.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 61.9% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, China, Nepal. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.4% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 54.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 62.9% 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: 407 offences were recorded in Homebush West in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Strathfield council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent874430+24%
Property3,1281,539+11%
Break-ins317156+8%
Theft1,539757+43%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Homebush West has the 249th highest recorded crime rate: about 4,430 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Strathfield council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 2140: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Homebush West safe?

Homebush West recorded about 4,430 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 14% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 249th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 86 violent offences (944 per 100,000 residents) and 25 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 Homebush West?

In 2025-26 police recorded 407 offences in Homebush West, about 4,470 per 100,000 of its 9,108 residents (2021 Census), including 86 violent offences and 25 break-ins.

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