Crime Dashboard - Balgowlah 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-ins | 3 | 186 | 9 |
| motor vehicle | 6 | 267 | 10 |
| violent | 12 | 269 | 2 |
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 | 186 | 63 | 196.2% |
| motor vehicle | 267 | 336 | -20.7% |
| violent | 269 | 449 | -40.2% |
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 196.2% to 186 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 20.7% to 267 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 40.2% to 269 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 | Balgowlah Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 186 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 267 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 269 | 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 Balgowlah Heights was 65.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 74.8% lower than the national average.
- around 9% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balgowlah Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balgowlah Heights was 62.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 74.2% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balgowlah Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Balgowlah Heights was 88.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 90.5% lower than the national average.
- around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balgowlah Heights.