Crime Dashboard - Bellingen
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 | 15 | 534 | 47 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 588 | 35 |
| violent | 115 | 3,238 | 75 |
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 | 534 | 286 | 86.9% |
| motor vehicle | 588 | 549 | 7.0% |
| violent | 3,238 | 3,688 | -12.2% |
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 86.9% to 534 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 7.0% to 588 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.2% to 3,238 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 | Bellingen1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 534 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 588 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,238 | 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 Bellingen was 2.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 27.7% lower than the national average.
- around 47% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bellingen.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bellingen was 18.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 43.2% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bellingen.
- the rate of violent crime in Bellingen was 35.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 14.5% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bellingen.