Crime Dashboard - Cowra
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 | 121 | 1,326 | 94 |
| motor vehicle | 98 | 980 | 52 |
| violent | 384 | 4,171 | 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 | 1,326 | 1,479 | -10.3% |
| motor vehicle | 980 | 1,272 | -23.0% |
| violent | 4,171 | 4,929 | -15.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 10.3% to 1,326 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 23.0% to 980 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 15.4% to 4,171 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 | Cowra1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,326 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 980 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,171 | 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 Cowra was 142.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 79.5% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cowra.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cowra was 36.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 5.4% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cowra.
- the rate of violent crime in Cowra was 75.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 47.4% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cowra.