Peakhurst DC crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
Peakhurst DC is a suburb in the Georges River council area of New South Wales (about 163,919 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 311th 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 (56th percentile), homicide (39th percentile), assault (15th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.
In 2025-26: violent 670 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,905 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 151 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 967 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 114th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Georges River council area is 5.2% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (1,207 public and 329 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 496 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 32.3 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 47.8% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in China, Nepal, Hong Kong. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 31.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 48.6% 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 Peakhurst DC are those of the Georges River council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 670 | 1,099 | +1% |
| Property | 1,905 | 3,122 | +6% |
| Break-ins | 151 | 247 | -18% |
| Theft | 967 | 1,585 | +48% |
Georges River council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 2210: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Peakhurst DC safe?
New South Wales publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Peakhurst DC is in the Georges River council area, which recorded 670 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 42% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 48% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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.
Police news near Peakhurst DC
- Detectives release CCTV as investigation continues into public place shooting - Bankstown · Bankstown, 30 Sept 2026 · 4 km away
- Three people arrested after alleged armed robbery - Hurlstone Park · Hurlstone Park, 29 Sept 2026 · 9 km away
- Re-appeal for information as two men charged following alleged kidnapping - Milperra · Milperra, 23 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
- Man fatally shot - Punchbowl · Punchbowl, 9 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
- Three charged over alleged stabbing in Canterbury · Canterbury, 8 Sept 2026 · 8 km away
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