North Strathfield crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 170 offences in North Strathfield in 2025-26, including 28 violent offences and 10 break-ins. That is about 3,681 per 100,000 of its 4,618 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Canada Bay council area.
North Strathfield is a suburb in the Canada Bay council area of New South Wales (about 93,006 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 327th 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 (54th percentile), robbery (32nd percentile), sexual offences (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 19.
In 2025-26: violent 572 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier); property 1,855 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 237 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); theft 886 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 121st of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Canada Bay council area is 4.1% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (626 public and 211 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 266 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 41.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Italy, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.4% 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: 170 offences were recorded in North Strathfield in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Canada Bay council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 572 | 532 | +46% |
| Property | 1,855 | 1,725 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 237 | 220 | +21% |
| Theft | 886 | 824 | +27% |
Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, North Strathfield has the 254th lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,280 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.
Canada Bay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2137: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is North Strathfield safe?
North Strathfield recorded about 3,280 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 16% lower than the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 254th lowest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 28 violent offences (606 per 100,000 residents) and 10 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 North Strathfield?
In 2025-26 police recorded 170 offences in North Strathfield, about 3,680 per 100,000 of its 4,618 residents (2021 Census), including 28 violent offences and 10 break-ins.
Police news near North Strathfield
- Additional four people charged over alleged Lidcombe shooting - Strike Force Vanport · Lidcombe, 25 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
- Man charged following fatal crash - Auburn · Auburn, 16 Sept 2026 · 6 km away
- Second man charged following alleged assault - Five Dock · Five Dock, 9 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
- Man charged following alleged assault - Five Dock · Five Dock, 7 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Investigations continue following Canterbury stabbing and Five Dock assault · Five Dock, 7 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
Nearby suburbs
Abbotsford · Breakfast Point · Cabarita · Canada Bay · Chiswick · Concord · Concord West · Concord West DC · Drummoyne · Five Dock · Liberty Grove · Mortlake · Rhodes · Rodd Point · Russell Lea · Wareemba
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/nsw/north-strathfield/ · Australian Crime Map