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Redfern is a NSW suburb in Sydney LGA, matched to postcode 2016. New rental bonds in that postcode had a median weekly rent of $779 in 2025, up 4.0% from $749 in 2024. That is about 12% above the NSW median of $695. Bond medians describe new lodgements with Fair Trading, not every current lease in the suburb. Redfern recorded 3,388 criminal incidents in the 12 months to March 2026, down 10.8% from 3,797 a year earlier. These are police-recorded incidents, not convictions, and they are not adjusted for how many people live or visit here. House bonds typically leased at $799 a week and flats/units at $779. Townhouse bonds sat at $1,075 a week. Two-bedroom bonds had a median of $940; three-bedroom bonds $1,200. One-bedroom bonds sat at $775 a week. Four-bedroom bonds sat at $1,450 a week. Half of new bonds sat between $675 and $819 a week. Fair Trading recorded 4,629 new bonds in the postcode in 2025. Over 2021–2025 the postcode median moved from $495 to $779 a week. Property offences totalled 1,154 and violent-related offences 496. Against justice procedures made up the largest published share (1,208 incidents, 36%). Next was Theft (961). The crime series is coded to this suburb name; the rent series, where shown, is the whole postcode. The two windows are not identical: rents are calendar year, recorded crime is the 12 months to March 2026. Sources: NSW Fair Trading rental bond lodgements, calendar 2025; NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Apr 2025 – Mar 2026.
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