Crime Dashboard - Ballina
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 | 137 | 1,444 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 115 | 1,555 | 81 |
| violent | 346 | 3,828 | 81 |
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 | 1,444 | 856 | 68.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,555 | 1,587 | -2.0% |
| violent | 3,828 | 4,487 | -14.7% |
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 68.7% to 1,444 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 2.0% to 1,555 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 14.7% to 3,828 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 | Ballina1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,444 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,555 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,828 | 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 Ballina was 164.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 95.5% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ballina.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ballina was 116.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 50.0% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ballina.
- the rate of violent crime in Ballina was 60.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 35.3% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ballina.