Crime Dashboard - Broken Hill
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 | 240 | 1,734 | 94 |
| motor vehicle | 194 | 1,403 | 78 |
| violent | 1,313 | 8,834 | 97 |
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 | 1,734 | 1,555 | 11.5% |
| motor vehicle | 1,403 | 1,217 | 15.3% |
| violent | 8,834 | 8,307 | 6.4% |
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 11.5% to 1,734 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 15.3% to 1,403 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 6.4% to 8,834 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 | Broken Hill1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,734 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,403 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 8,834 | 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 Broken Hill was 217.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 134.7% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Broken Hill.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Broken Hill was 95.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 35.4% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Broken Hill.
- the rate of violent crime in Broken Hill was 270.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 212.3% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Broken Hill.