Marayong crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 418 offences in Marayong in 2025-26, including 113 violent offences and 19 break-ins. That is about 5,336 per 100,000 of its 7,834 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Blacktown council area.
Marayong is a suburb in the Blacktown council area of New South Wales (about 449,385 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (86th percentile), homicide (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2025-26: violent 1,322 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 2,500 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); break-ins 220 per 100,000 (-21% vs five years earlier); theft 1,124 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Blacktown council area is 5.8% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.5% of occupied homes (7,073 public and 758 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 1,607 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 46.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 38.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 47.6% 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: 418 offences were recorded in Marayong in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Blacktown council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,322 | 5,941 | -3% |
| Property | 2,500 | 11,234 | -22% |
| Break-ins | 220 | 987 | -21% |
| Theft | 1,124 | 5,053 | -10% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Marayong has the 197th highest recorded crime rate: about 5,240 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.
Blacktown council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Marayong safe?
Marayong recorded about 5,240 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 35% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 197th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 113 violent offences (1,440 per 100,000 residents) and 19 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 Marayong?
In 2025-26 police recorded 418 offences in Marayong, about 5,340 per 100,000 of its 7,834 residents (2021 Census), including 113 violent offences and 19 break-ins.
Police news near Marayong
- Teenager charged after stabbing - Blacktown · Blacktown, 28 Oct 2026 · 3 km away
- Elderly man arrested following alleged stabbing in shopping centre - Blacktown · Blacktown, 18 Oct 2026 · 3 km away
- Fifth man charged after Glenwood service station stabbing - SF VELARO · Glenwood, 1 Oct 2026 · 4 km away
- Two teenage girls charged following alleged stabbing - Blacktown · Blacktown, 5 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
- Teens charged following alleged armed robbery - Blacktown · Blacktown, 4 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
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