Crime Dashboard - Avalon Beach
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 | 16 | 155 | 6 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 198 | 6 |
| violent | 62 | 584 | 5 |
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 | 155 | 209 | -25.9% |
| motor vehicle | 198 | 436 | -54.5% |
| violent | 584 | 787 | -25.8% |
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 25.9% to 155 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 54.5% to 198 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 25.8% to 584 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 | Avalon Beach1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 155 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 198 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 584 | 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 Avalon Beach was 71.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 79.0% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Avalon Beach.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Avalon Beach was 72.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 80.9% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Avalon Beach.
- the rate of violent crime in Avalon Beach was 75.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 79.3% lower than the national average.
- around 5% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Avalon Beach.