Crime Dashboard - Birchgrove
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 | 8 | 359 | 28 |
| motor vehicle | 11 | 483 | 27 |
| violent | 15 | 728 | 9 |
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 | 359 | 326 | 10.2% |
| motor vehicle | 483 | 463 | 4.3% |
| violent | 728 | 698 | 4.2% |
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 10.2% to 359 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 4.3% to 483 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 4.2% to 728 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 | Birchgrove1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 359 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 483 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 728 | 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 Birchgrove was 34.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 51.4% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Birchgrove.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Birchgrove was 32.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 53.4% lower than the national average.
- around 27% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Birchgrove.
- the rate of violent crime in Birchgrove was 69.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 74.3% lower than the national average.
- around 9% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Birchgrove.