Luddenham crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 103 offences in Luddenham in 2025-26, including 24 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Penrith council area.

Luddenham is a suburb in the Penrith council area of New South Wales (about 231,701 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 158th 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 (58th percentile), robbery (81st percentile), sexual offences (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.

In 2025-26: violent 1,400 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); property 3,254 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 286 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 1,506 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 60th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Penrith council area is 4.6% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (2,394 public and 785 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 790 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.1% 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: 103 offences were recorded in Luddenham in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Penrith council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,4003,243-0%
Property3,2547,540-14%
Break-ins286663-30%
Theft1,5063,489-1%

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

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Questions

Is Luddenham safe?

Police recorded 103 offences in Luddenham in 2025-26, including 24 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Luddenham is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,927 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Penrith council area as a whole recorded 1,400 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 22% higher than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 9% higher 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.

What is the crime rate in Luddenham?

In 2025-26 police recorded 103 offences in Luddenham, including 24 violent offences and 2 break-ins.

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