Crime Dashboard - Balmain
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 | 49 | 593 | 53 |
| motor vehicle | 50 | 701 | 44 |
| violent | 237 | 2,480 | 63 |
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 | 593 | 418 | 41.9% |
| motor vehicle | 701 | 528 | 32.8% |
| violent | 2,480 | 1,719 | 44.3% |
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 41.9% to 593 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 32.8% to 701 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 44.3% to 2,480 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 | Balmain1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 593 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 701 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,480 | 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 Balmain was 8.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 19.6% lower than the national average.
- around 53% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balmain.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balmain was 2.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 32.4% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balmain.
- the rate of violent crime in Balmain was 4.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 12.3% lower than the national average.
- around 63% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balmain.