Smeaton Grange crime rate and Crime Score · New South Wales
NSW Police (figures published by BOCSAR) recorded 185 offences in Smeaton Grange in 2025-26, including 17 violent offences and 4 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Camden council area.
Smeaton Grange is a suburb in the Camden council area of New South Wales (about 146,483 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 334th 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 (37th percentile), robbery (37th percentile), sexual offences (30th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.
In 2025-26: violent 705 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 1,335 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 70 per 100,000 (-41% vs five years earlier); theft 447 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 109th of 129 New South Wales councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Camden council area is 3.5% (New South Wales 4.9%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (374 public and 133 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; New South Wales 4.2%). An estimated 125 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.8 per 10,000 residents (New South Wales 43.4), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 23.6% of residents were born overseas (New South Wales 31%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 1.2% of homes; about 9.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24% 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: 185 offences were recorded in Smeaton Grange in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Camden council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 705 | 1,033 | +19% |
| Property | 1,335 | 1,956 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 70 | 102 | -41% |
| Theft | 447 | 655 | -18% |
Camden council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Smeaton Grange safe?
Police recorded 185 offences in Smeaton Grange in 2025-26, including 17 violent offences and 4 break-ins. Smeaton Grange is not ranked against other suburbs: with 16 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Camden council area as a whole recorded 705 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 39% lower than the New South Wales rate (1,150) and about 45% 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.
What is the crime rate in Smeaton Grange?
In 2025-26 police recorded 185 offences in Smeaton Grange, including 17 violent offences and 4 break-ins.
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