Crime Dashboard - Adamstown
New South Wales • Suburb • 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 | 64 | 1,431 | 89 |
| motor vehicle | 180 | 3,152 | 97 |
| violent | 147 | 2,436 | 62 |
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 | 1,431 | 937 | 52.8% |
| motor vehicle | 3,152 | 2,456 | 28.4% |
| violent | 2,436 | 2,664 | -8.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 52.8% to 1,431 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 28.4% to 3,152 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 8.5% to 2,436 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 | Adamstown1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,431 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,152 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,436 | 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 Adamstown was 161.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 93.7% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Adamstown.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Adamstown was 338.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 204.2% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Adamstown.
- the rate of violent crime in Adamstown was 2.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 13.9% lower than the national average.
- around 62% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Adamstown.