Crime Dashboard - Ashfield (NSW)
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 | 107 | 592 | 52 |
| motor vehicle | 84 | 527 | 30 |
| violent | 361 | 1,712 | 42 |
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 | 592 | 412 | 43.8% |
| motor vehicle | 527 | 470 | 12.1% |
| violent | 1,712 | 1,717 | -0.3% |
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 43.8% to 592 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 12.1% to 527 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.3% to 1,712 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 | Ashfield (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 592 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 527 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,712 | 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 Ashfield (NSW) was 8.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 19.8% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ashfield (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ashfield (NSW) was 26.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 49.1% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ashfield (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Ashfield (NSW) was 28.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 39.5% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ashfield (NSW).