Crime Dashboard - Brunswick Heads
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 | 18 | 807 | 68 |
| motor vehicle | 25 | 1,564 | 81 |
| violent | 83 | 4,465 | 85 |
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 | 807 | 408 | 97.5% |
| motor vehicle | 1,564 | 1,164 | 34.4% |
| violent | 4,465 | 5,115 | -12.7% |
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 97.5% to 807 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 34.4% to 1,564 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.7% to 4,465 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 | Brunswick Heads1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 807 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,564 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,465 | 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 Brunswick Heads was 47.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 9.2% higher than the national average.
- around 68% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Brunswick Heads.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Brunswick Heads was 117.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 50.9% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Brunswick Heads.
- the rate of violent crime in Brunswick Heads was 87.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 57.8% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Brunswick Heads.