Crime Dashboard - Upper Hunter
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 | 57 | 467 | 27 |
| motor vehicle | 68 | 579 | 18 |
| violent | 326 | 2,537 | 52 |
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 | 467 | 567 | -17.5% |
| motor vehicle | 579 | 499 | 16.0% |
| violent | 2,537 | 3,165 | -19.8% |
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 17.5% to 467 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 16.0% to 579 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 19.8% to 2,537 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 | Upper Hunter1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 467 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 579 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,537 | 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 Upper Hunter was 14.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 36.7% lower than the national average.
- around 27% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Upper Hunter.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Upper Hunter was 19.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 44.1% lower than the national average.
- around 18% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Upper Hunter.
- the rate of violent crime in Upper Hunter was 6.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 10.3% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Upper Hunter.