Lidcombe North crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Lidcombe North is a suburb in the Cumberland council area of New South Wales (about 256,906 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 241st 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), assault (40th percentile), homicide (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2025-26: violent 999 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); property 2,299 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 212 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 1,108 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 88th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Cumberland council area is 8.3% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.1% of occupied homes (3,940 public and 1,147 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 2,265 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 95.2 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 57.3% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, China, Lebanon. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 6.4% of homes; about 93.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 58.2% 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 Lidcombe North are those of the Cumberland council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 999 | 2,566 | +5% |
| Property | 2,299 | 5,906 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 212 | 545 | -25% |
| Theft | 1,108 | 2,847 | +17% |
Cumberland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2141: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Lidcombe North safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Lidcombe North is in the Cumberland council area, which recorded 999 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 22% 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 Lidcombe North
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- Additional four people charged over alleged Lidcombe shooting - Strike Force Vanport · Lidcombe, 25 Sept 2026 · 1 km away
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- Child dies following crash - Auburn · Auburn, 15 Sept 2026 · 2 km away
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