Crime Dashboard - Balmain East
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 | 7 | 500 | 43 |
| motor vehicle | 6 | 294 | 12 |
| violent | 24 | 1,442 | 33 |
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 | 500 | 405 | 23.6% |
| motor vehicle | 294 | 536 | -45.1% |
| violent | 1,442 | 1,887 | -23.6% |
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 23.6% to 500 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 45.1% to 294 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 23.6% to 1,442 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 | Balmain East1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 500 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 294 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,442 | 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 East was 8.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 32.2% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balmain East.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balmain East was 59.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 71.6% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balmain East.
- the rate of violent crime in Balmain East was 39.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 49.0% lower than the national average.
- around 33% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balmain East.