Crime Dashboard - Lithgow
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 | 1,193 | 92 |
| motor vehicle | 133 | 948 | 51 |
| violent | 863 | 4,947 | 93 |
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 | 1,193 | 714 | 67.2% |
| motor vehicle | 948 | 799 | 18.7% |
| violent | 4,947 | 4,701 | 5.2% |
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 67.2% to 1,193 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 18.7% to 948 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 5.2% to 4,947 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 | Lithgow1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,193 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 948 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,947 | 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 Lithgow was 118.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 61.5% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lithgow.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lithgow was 32.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 8.5% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lithgow.
- the rate of violent crime in Lithgow was 107.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 74.9% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lithgow.