Crime Dashboard - Cobar
New South Wales • LGA • 2022-24
Crime summary
Crime rank by crime type
Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Crime statistics summary
Crime | Count | Rate1 | Percentile2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 30 | 1,147 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 25 | 1,284 | 74 |
| violent | 125 | 4,079 | 88 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Surrounding areas
Crime trends
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Period comparisons
Crime | 2022-241 | 2020-221 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,147 | 727 | 57.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,284 | 989 | 29.9% |
| violent | 4,079 | 4,954 | -17.7% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 57.7% to 1,147 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 29.9% to 1,284 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 17.7% to 4,079 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Area comparisons
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Comparative statistics
Crime | Cobar1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,147 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,284 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,079 | 2,383 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Cobar was 109.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 55.3% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cobar.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cobar was 78.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 23.9% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cobar.
- the rate of violent crime in Cobar was 71.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 44.2% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cobar.