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As for worst, like any city the more you move out of the CBD the worse it gets. permalink.

The local go-tos for suburbs we like to joke about being bad are Elizabeth and Sailsbury. The truth is these suburbs aren’t THAT bad but I would still avoid as there are better options. It has one of the highest motor vehicle theft rates in New South Wales. 3. Penrith – Just west of the City is Penrith, another dangerous suburb of Sydney. Blacktown isn't the best (especially around the station) but the others are fine. Suburbs include: Blacktown, Mount Druitt, Oakhurst, Eastern Creek. Mt Druitt's satellite suburbs are pretty much the worst Sydney will have to offer. Smart Aussies Dump Banks for … level 2 Comment deleted by user4 years ago Whalan, Emerton, Plumpton, etc. Just enormous entrenched poverty, very low rates of home ownership, next to no local economy, terrible employment rates.

Blacktown, Bankstown, Lakemba, Punchbowl, Auburn. This is due to the high rates of drug offenses, burglaries, domestic violence, and automobile thefts.

No area of Sydney is as bad as the bad parts of North American cities.

With that said, if you're single and female I wouldn't walk across Belmore Park, near Central - especially after dark. Merrylands – Here there have been high rates of attempted murder, terrorism plots, car break-ins, drive-by shootings, and firearm usage.

High immigrant populations in all of them but the crime is mostly organised crime, which is generally something that only affects you if you're involved in it. The Domain Liveable Cities study by Deloitte Access Economics and Tract Consultants examined more than 1,100 suburbs in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Pockets of the south west can be pretty bad as well. Blacktown is located West of Sydney has a reputation as one of the roughest areas. “Statistically the most multicultural suburb in all of Sydney, Auburn has also statistically been home to one of the highest rates of murder in the greater Sydney region.” It’s also quite dirty in general, with the streets and housing rundown and excessive graffiti in many …