Parramatta crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales

NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 7,952 offences in Parramatta in 2025-26, including 793 violent offences and 217 break-ins. That is about 26,322 per 100,000 of its 30,211 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Parramatta council area.

Parramatta is a suburb in the Parramatta council area of New South Wales (about 279,014 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 230th 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 (79th percentile), assault (34th percentile), homicide (46th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.

In 2025-26: violent 923 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); property 3,042 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 313 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 1,720 per 100,000 (+42% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 92nd of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Parramatta council area is 5.7% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.4% of occupied homes (3,202 public and 808 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 778 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. 55.7% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, China, South Korea. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 29.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 56.6% 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: 7,952 offences were recorded in Parramatta in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Parramatta council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent9232,576+10%
Property3,0428,487+9%
Break-ins313874-2%
Theft1,7204,800+42%

Of 595 Sydney suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Parramatta has the 15th highest recorded crime rate: about 24,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 3,900. Sydney suburb rankings.

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

Crime in postcode 2150: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Parramatta safe?

Parramatta recorded about 24,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 6.1 times the median of 3,900 for Sydney suburbs: the 15th highest rate of 595. In 2025-26 police recorded 793 violent offences (2,620 per 100,000 residents) and 217 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 Parramatta?

In 2025-26 police recorded 7,952 offences in Parramatta, about 26,300 per 100,000 of its 30,211 residents (2021 Census), including 793 violent offences and 217 break-ins.

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