Crime Rates for Mascot, NSW
Year ending Jun 2025 The Mascot (2020) crime rate for the Year ending Jun 2025 was calculated from 1304 reported incidents, equal to 6,040 incident per 100,000 residents. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the population of Mascot, NSW in 2021 was 21,591. In the last 10 years, Mascot, NSW's crime rate has seen a decrease. Recent data shows that Assault and Robbery occur at a rate of 1 incident per 114.8 residents. For property crimes such as Burglary and Theft, the rate is 1 incident per 35.1 residents. Community safety concerns, including Stalking and Harassment, are reported at a rate of 1 incident per 254 residents. When reviewing these figures, it’s also valuable to compare them with broader crime trends across the Greater Sydney region.Most Common Crimes in Mascot for 2025: Theft (640), Assault (145), Malicious damage to property (119).
| Type/Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2022 | 1487 | 1484 | 1528 | 1542 | 1483 | 1290 | 1503 | 1363 | 1369 | 1304 |
| Abduction and kidnapping | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Against justice procedures | 71 | 57 | 49 | 79 | 94 | 111 | 70 | 99 | 117 | 122 | 77 |
| Arson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Assault | 98 | 102 | 113 | 141 | 145 | 172 | 148 | 132 | 167 | 186 | 145 |
| Betting and gaming offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmail and extortion | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 |
| Coercive Control | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disorderly conduct | 31 | 33 | 18 | 39 | 33 | 40 | 32 | 43 | 32 | 30 | 36 |
| Drug offences | 117 | 110 | 91 | 174 | 134 | 152 | 114 | 137 | 99 | 70 | 68 |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Intimidation, stalking and harassment | 39 | 34 | 28 | 45 | 40 | 70 | 86 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 79 |
| Liquor offences | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Malicious damage to property | 130 | 110 | 109 | 115 | 100 | 127 | 85 | 100 | 101 | 93 | 119 |
| Other offences | 89 | 48 | 45 | 33 | 43 | 48 | 190 | 375 | 46 | 29 | 25 |
| Other offences against the person | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Pornography offences | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Prohibited and regulated weapons offences | 16 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 15 |
| Robbery | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Sexual offences | 20 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 36 | 33 |
| Theft | 1034 | 766 | 843 | 742 | 775 | 611 | 465 | 454 | 607 | 615 | 640 |
| Transport regulatory offences | 360 | 185 | 133 | 68 | 95 | 89 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 43 | 42 |
In 2025, Mascot, NSW recorded 1304 total crime incidents. Over the period from 2015 to 2025, overall crime has decreased. Cumulatively over this period, the most common crime type was 'Theft' with 7552 reported cases.
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Latest Crime Rates
| Type | incidents (2025) | incidents (2024) | Changes(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abduction and kidnapping | 1 | 1 | 0.00% (1) |
| Breach Apprehended Violence Order | 33 | 54 | -38.89% (54) |
| Breach bail conditions | 29 | 51 | -43.14% (51) |
| Escape custody | 0 | 1 | -100.00% (1) |
| Other offences against justice procedures | 8 | 4 | 100.00% (4) |
| Resist or hinder officer | 7 | 12 | -41.67% (12) |
| Arson | 4 | 4 | 0.00% (4) |
| Assault Police | 3 | 9 | -66.67% (9) |
| Domestic violence related assault | 76 | 81 | -6.17% (81) |
| Non-domestic violence related assault | 66 | 96 | -31.25% (96) |
| Blackmail and extortion | 7 | 13 | -46.15% (13) |
| Criminal intent | 4 | 7 | -42.86% (7) |
| Offensive conduct | 6 | 4 | 50.00% (4) |
| Offensive language | 3 | 3 | 0.00% (3) |
| Trespass | 23 | 16 | 43.75% (16) |
| Dealing, trafficking in amphetamines | 0 | 3 | -100.00% (3) |
| Dealing, trafficking in cannabis | 2 | 0 | 200.00% (0) |
| Dealing, trafficking in cocaine | 3 | 3 | 0.00% (3) |
| Dealing, trafficking in ecstasy | 0 | 1 | -100.00% (1) |
| Dealing, trafficking in narcotics | 1 | 0 | 100.00% (0) |
| Dealing, trafficking in other drugs | 0 | 3 | -100.00% (3) |
| Importing drugs | 11 | 14 | -21.43% (14) |
| Other drug offences | 9 | 11 | -18.18% (11) |
| Possession and/or use of amphetamines | 11 | 4 | 175.00% (4) |
| Possession and/or use of cannabis | 15 | 19 | -21.05% (19) |
| Possession and/or use of cocaine | 6 | 2 | 200.00% (2) |
| Possession and/or use of narcotics | 2 | 0 | 200.00% (0) |
| Possession and/or use of other drugs | 8 | 10 | -20.00% (10) |
| Intimidation, stalking and harassment | 79 | 85 | -7.06% (85) |
| Liquor offences | 7 | 9 | -22.22% (9) |
| Malicious damage to property | 119 | 93 | 27.96% (93) |
| Other offences | 25 | 29 | -13.79% (29) |
| Other offences against the person | 1 | 3 | -66.67% (3) |
| Pornography offences | 3 | 6 | -50.00% (6) |
| Prohibited and regulated weapons offences | 15 | 22 | -31.82% (22) |
| Robbery with a firearm | 0 | 1 | -100.00% (1) |
| Robbery with a weapon not a firearm | 1 | 0 | 100.00% (0) |
| Robbery without a weapon | 1 | 1 | 0.00% (1) |
| Sexual assault | 14 | 21 | -33.33% (21) |
| Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences | 19 | 15 | 26.67% (15) |
| Break and enter dwelling | 35 | 34 | 2.94% (34) |
| Break and enter non-dwelling | 20 | 17 | 17.65% (17) |
| Fraud | 118 | 135 | -12.59% (135) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 43 | 42 | 2.38% (42) |
| Other theft | 158 | 140 | 12.86% (140) |
| Receiving or handling stolen goods | 15 | 12 | 25.00% (12) |
| Steal from dwelling | 79 | 65 | 21.54% (65) |
| Steal from motor vehicle | 79 | 84 | -5.95% (84) |
| Steal from person | 19 | 16 | 18.75% (16) |
| Steal from retail store | 74 | 70 | 5.71% (70) |
| Transport regulatory offences | 42 | 43 | -2.33% (43) |
AI Analysis
1. Overall crime trends:
- Some crime categories show fluctuating trends with no clear linear increase or decrease over 10 years.
- Fraud shows a steady decline from a high of 429 in 2015 to 118 in 2025.
- Transport regulatory offences decreased markedly from 360 in 2015 to 42 in 2025.
- Other offences category had a massive spike in 2022 (375) compared to other years, then dropped sharply.
2. Most common and serious crime types (2025 figures):
- Fraud: 118 incidents.
- Malicious damage to property: 119 incidents.
- Other theft: 158 incidents.
- Domestic violence related assault: 76 incidents.
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment: 79 incidents.
- Steal from dwelling and steal from motor vehicle each around 79 incidents.
- Sexual offences combined (sexual assault + other sexual offences): 33 incidents.
- Serious violent crimes like murder are extremely rare (only 1 murder in 2023).
3. Significant year-to-year spikes/drops:
- Other offences jumped from 46 in 2023 to 375 in 2022, then back down to 25 in 2025.
- Breach Apprehended Violence Order rose sharply from 15 in 2015 to a peak of 55 in 2023, then dropped to 33 in 2025.
- Non-domestic violence related assault peaked at 96 in 2024 after a low of 41 in 2022.
- Importing drugs peaked at 33 in 2020, fell to 9 in 2019, rose again to 26 in 2023.
- Possession/use of cannabis decreased from 45 in 2019 to 15 in 2025.
- Transport regulatory offences dropped dramatically from 360 in 2015 to 42 in 2025.
4. Safety-relevant observations:
- Property-related crimes (fraud, theft categories, malicious damage) remain consistently high, indicating ongoing risk to property safety.
- Violent crimes such as domestic violence related assault and non-domestic assaults remain significant but relatively stable with some fluctuations.
- Serious violent crimes (homicide, attempted murder) are almost non-existent.
- Drug offences show variability but overall remain notable, especially importation and possession/use categories.
- Breaches of justice procedures like breach of apprehended violence orders and bail conditions show increasing trends until mid period before some declines.
- Disorderly conduct offenses, including trespass, maintain moderate numbers, indicating public order issues.
- Intimidation, stalking, and harassment have increased substantially since 2016, peaking around 80-86 incidents in recent years.
Disclaimer: This content is AI-generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify information independently.
Overview
No of incidents (Year ending Jun 2025), people in 2021Community Snapshot – Mascot (2021)
Mascot is a vibrant suburb with 21591 residents. While families are part of the community, only about 35.8% of households are couple families with children, and the average household size is 2.5 people. The median household weekly income is $2254, though the unemployment rate stands at 5.9%. Reflecting its rich cultural diversity, only 35.1% of residents were born in Australia, highlighting the suburb’s multicultural character.
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Common FAQ about Mascot, NSW Criminal
How common is car theft in the Mascot, NSW?
There were 42 motor vehicle theft incident(s) recorded between Year ending Jun 2025, averaging 1 incident every 8.7 day.
Is Mascot, NSW safe in 2025
Yes, Mascot, NSW is considered safe, as its crime rate of 6,040 incidents per 100,000 people for the Year ending Jun 2025 is lower than the overall crime rate in New South Wales.
What is the most common crime in Mascot, NSW?
In 2025, the most common crime type in Mascot, NSW was Theft with 640 reported incidents.
Has crime in the Mascot, NSW increased or decreased in the past 5 years?
Crime rates in Mascot, NSW have increased by 1% compared to five years ago.
What is rate of criminal against person in Mascot, NSW?
In Year ending Jun 2025, there were 268 incident against persons in Mascot, NSW, including homicide, assault, sexual offences,robbery, and other crimes against the person.
What is the rate of property crime in Mascot, NSW?
In Year ending Jun 2025, there were 763 property crime incident in Mascot, NSW, including arson, theft, and malicious damage to property.
What is the number of drug offenses in Mascot, NSW?
In Year ending Jun 2025, Mascot, NSW recorded 68 drug incident, including cocaine, narcotics, cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy and other drugs.
*Unincorporated/Out Of Council - Areas that are not governed by a local government authority
Source: Crime Statistics Agency (CSA), NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australian Bureau of Statistics
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