Crime Dashboard - Bar 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 | 35 | 2,786 | 98 |
| motor vehicle | 21 | 2,857 | 97 |
| violent | 64 | 4,891 | 88 |
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 | 2,786 | 2,875 | -3.1% |
| motor vehicle | 2,857 | 2,688 | 6.3% |
| violent | 4,891 | 4,720 | 3.6% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 3.1% to 2,786 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 6.3% to 2,857 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.6% to 4,891 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 | Bar Beach1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 2,786 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,857 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,891 | 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 Bar Beach was 409.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 277.2% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bar Beach.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bar Beach was 297.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 175.7% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bar Beach.
- the rate of violent crime in Bar Beach was 105.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 72.9% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bar Beach.