Crime Dashboard - Adamstown Heights

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-ins3564657
motor vehicle531,10566
violent265464

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-ins646436 48.2%
motor vehicle1,1051,072 3.0%
violent5461,239-55.9%

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 48.2% to 646 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 3.0% to 1,105 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 55.9% to 546 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
Adamstown Heights1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins646547739
motor vehicle1,1057181,036
violent5462,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Adamstown Heights was 18.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 12.5% lower than the national average.
  • around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Adamstown Heights.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Adamstown Heights was 53.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 6.6% higher than the national average.
  • around 66% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Adamstown Heights.
  • the rate of violent crime in Adamstown Heights was 77.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 80.7% lower than the national average.
  • around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Adamstown Heights.