Crime Dashboard - Blackheath
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 | 12 | 371 | 30 |
| motor vehicle | 14 | 272 | 11 |
| violent | 62 | 1,426 | 32 |
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 | 371 | 442 | -16.1% |
| motor vehicle | 272 | 613 | -55.5% |
| violent | 1,426 | 1,558 | -8.5% |
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 16.1% to 371 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 55.5% to 272 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 8.5% to 1,426 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 | Blackheath1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 371 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 272 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,426 | 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 Blackheath was 32.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 49.8% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blackheath.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blackheath was 62.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 73.7% lower than the national average.
- around 11% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blackheath.
- the rate of violent crime in Blackheath was 40.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 49.6% lower than the national average.
- around 32% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blackheath.