Crime Dashboard - Avoca 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 | 9 | 218 | 12 |
| motor vehicle | 14 | 345 | 16 |
| violent | 38 | 1,176 | 23 |
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 | 218 | 248 | -12.2% |
| motor vehicle | 345 | 740 | -53.4% |
| violent | 1,176 | 1,171 | 0.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 12.2% to 218 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 53.4% to 345 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 0.5% to 1,176 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 | Avoca Beach1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 218 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 345 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,176 | 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 Avoca Beach was 60.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.5% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Avoca Beach.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Avoca Beach was 52.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 66.7% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Avoca Beach.
- the rate of violent crime in Avoca Beach was 50.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 58.4% lower than the national average.
- around 23% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Avoca Beach.