Lakemba crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 727 offences in Lakemba in 2025-26, including 206 violent offences and 24 break-ins. That is about 4,253 per 100,000 of its 17,092 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area.

Lakemba is a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area of New South Wales (about 389,687 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 269th 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 (70th percentile), assault (38th percentile), homicide (55th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.

In 2025-26: violent 949 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 1,947 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 152 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); theft 762 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 90th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Canterbury-Bankstown council area is 7.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.9% of occupied homes (7,514 public and 1,678 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2,734 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 73.4 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 47.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in Vietnam, Lebanon, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 7.1% of homes; about 72.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 48.3% 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: 727 offences were recorded in Lakemba in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Canterbury-Bankstown council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent9493,698+15%
Property1,9477,589-12%
Break-ins152594-21%
Theft7622,969-10%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Lakemba has the 245th highest recorded crime rate: about 4,450 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

Canterbury-Bankstown council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Lakemba safe?

Lakemba recorded about 4,450 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 245th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 206 violent offences (1,210 per 100,000 residents) and 24 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 Lakemba?

In 2025-26 police recorded 727 offences in Lakemba, about 4,250 per 100,000 of its 17,092 residents (2021 Census), including 206 violent offences and 24 break-ins.

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