Merrylands West crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 396 offences in Merrylands West in 2025-26, including 74 violent offences and 16 break-ins. That is about 5,614 per 100,000 of its 7,054 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Cumberland council area.

Merrylands West 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 suburb-level counts: 396 offences were recorded in Merrylands West in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Cumberland council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent9992,566+5%
Property2,2995,906-13%
Break-ins212545-25%
Theft1,1082,847+17%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Merrylands West has the 154th highest recorded crime rate: about 5,880 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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

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Questions

Is Merrylands West safe?

Merrylands West recorded about 5,880 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 51% higher than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 154th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 74 violent offences (1,050 per 100,000 residents) and 16 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 Merrylands West?

In 2025-26 police recorded 396 offences in Merrylands West, about 5,610 per 100,000 of its 7,054 residents (2021 Census), including 74 violent offences and 16 break-ins.

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