Minchinbury crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Minchinbury 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), 213th 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 (53rd percentile), robbery (83rd percentile), sexual offences (45th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2024-25: violent 1,246 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); property 2,460 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); break-ins 212 per 100,000 (-42% vs five years earlier); theft 1,029 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 70th 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 5.7% (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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Minchinbury are those of the Blacktown council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,246 | 5,598 | -5% |
| Property | 2,460 | 11,057 | -34% |
| Break-ins | 212 | 953 | -42% |
| Theft | 1,029 | 4,626 | -30% |
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