Crime Dashboard - Forbes
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 | 90 | 1,394 | 94 |
| motor vehicle | 189 | 2,943 | 99 |
| violent | 304 | 4,434 | 90 |
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 | 1,394 | 1,440 | -3.2% |
| motor vehicle | 2,943 | 1,762 | 67.0% |
| violent | 4,434 | 5,648 | -21.5% |
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 3.2% to 1,394 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 67.0% to 2,943 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 21.5% to 4,434 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 | Forbes1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,394 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,943 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,434 | 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 Forbes was 155.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 88.8% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forbes.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forbes was 309.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 183.9% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forbes.
- the rate of violent crime in Forbes was 86.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 56.7% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forbes.