A 7 News television reporter has been treated in hospital after he was hit with an alleged headbutt in western Sydney.

A man reportedly charged at journalist Hugh Whitfeld outside a home at Edensor Park after Whitfeld and other members of the media knocked on the door of the home at about 8.30am on Thursday, 7 News reported.

The station posted a photo on Twitter of Whitfeld clutching his nose with a bloody tissue. He was treated at Fairfield Hospital for soft tissue damage.

Whitfeld was asking residents about a car that had smashed into the property overnight.