Crime Dashboard - Port Stephens
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 | 280 | 447 | 24 |
| motor vehicle | 401 | 712 | 28 |
| violent | 1,953 | 2,936 | 68 |
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 | 447 | 448 | -0.1% |
| motor vehicle | 712 | 676 | 5.3% |
| violent | 2,936 | 3,000 | -2.1% |
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 0.1% to 447 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 5.3% to 712 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 2.1% to 2,936 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 | Port Stephens1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 447 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 712 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,936 | 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 Port Stephens was 18.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 39.4% lower than the national average.
- around 24% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Port Stephens.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Port Stephens was 0.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 31.3% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Port Stephens.
- the rate of violent crime in Port Stephens was 23.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 3.8% higher than the national average.
- around 68% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Port Stephens.