Crime Dashboard - Blacktown
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 | 231 | 645 | 57 |
| motor vehicle | 329 | 1,077 | 65 |
| violent | 1,588 | 3,820 | 81 |
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 | 645 | 497 | 29.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,077 | 1,279 | -15.8% |
| violent | 3,820 | 4,888 | -21.9% |
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 29.7% to 645 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 15.8% to 1,077 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 21.9% to 3,820 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 | Blacktown1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 645 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,077 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,820 | 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 Blacktown was 17.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 12.7% lower than the national average.
- around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blacktown.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blacktown was 50.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 3.9% higher than the national average.
- around 65% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blacktown.
- the rate of violent crime in Blacktown was 60.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 35.0% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blacktown.