Crime Dashboard - Gunnedah
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 | 167 | 1,553 | 96 |
| motor vehicle | 150 | 1,640 | 88 |
| violent | 511 | 4,352 | 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 | 1,553 | 1,335 | 16.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,640 | 1,530 | 7.2% |
| violent | 4,352 | 4,929 | -11.7% |
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 16.4% to 1,553 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 7.2% to 1,640 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 11.7% to 4,352 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 | Gunnedah1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,553 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,640 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,352 | 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 Gunnedah was 184.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 110.3% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Gunnedah.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Gunnedah was 128.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 58.2% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Gunnedah.
- the rate of violent crime in Gunnedah was 82.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 53.8% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Gunnedah.