Police Seek Leads After Wollongong Stabbing

Police are appealing for information following a stabbing in Wollongong on the weekend.

About 3.20am on Sunday 17 August 2025, emergency services were called to a unit on Crown Street, Wollongong, following reports of a person with a stab wound.

NSW Ambulance paramedics responded and commenced CPR, treating a 28-year-old man with a stab wound to the chest.

He was taken to Wollongong Hospital, before being transferred to St George Hospital in a critical condition.

Officers attached to Wollongong Police District responded and detectives established Strike Force Alcalde.

Officers were told the man left the unit, before returning a short time later suffering a stab wound and collapsing in the unit complex.

Police are urging anyone with information, dashcam footage or CCTV around the time of the incident on Crown Street, Wollongong between Parkside Avenue and Harbour Street, to come forward and contact Wollongong Police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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