Menangle crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Menangle is a suburb in the Wollondilly council area of New South Wales (about 62,080 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 332nd 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 homicide (37th percentile), sexual offences (34th percentile), robbery (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.
In 2024-25: violent 675 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 1,236 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 93 per 100,000 (-44% vs five years earlier); theft 319 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 111th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wollondilly council area is 2.9% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (87 public and 95 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 110 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19.7 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 19.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.8% 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 Menangle are those of the Wollondilly council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 675 | 419 | +8% |
| Property | 1,236 | 767 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 93 | 58 | -44% |
| Theft | 319 | 198 | -23% |
Wollondilly council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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