Crimes in Western Sydney

Western Sydney has one of the highest crime incidents in New South Wales. Crimes that usually occurs within the Western Sydney area, more specifically in Blacktown, Parramatta, Penrith are domestic and non-domestic assaults. According to a reliable source, there is a high probability or rate of assault crimes that usually happens in the mentioned areas. The rates are 491.8 per 100,000 population within the area and also 423.7 per 100,000 population in NSW. These rates could be affected by the demographics living in these areas and also the living conditions are also factors of these high crime rates.

Here is a crime map for reported assaults within Sydney

http://crimetool.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/bocsar/

In 3 October 2015, about 11:30pm a 17 year old teen was charged with assault and malicious damage. This happened in Taronga Street in Blacktown, where the teen threw a glass bottle through the front window of a 54-year-old male occupant. Then when the man decided to see what was happening, the teenager allegedly decided to grab the 54-year-old man by the throat and began smashing his head with the glass bottle.

The 17-year-old teen was later arrested on Grove Palace and taken to Blacktown Police station, where the teen was charged with wounding with intent to cause grevious bodily harm and malicious damage.

The teen was granted with conditional bail, to appear at the Children’s Court on 22 October 2015.