Crime Dashboard - Buff Point
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 | 9 | 360 | 28 |
| motor vehicle | 26 | 832 | 52 |
| violent | 56 | 2,229 | 56 |
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 | 360 | 248 | 45.0% |
| motor vehicle | 832 | 398 | 109.3% |
| violent | 2,229 | 1,960 | 13.8% |
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 45.0% to 360 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 109.3% to 832 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 13.8% to 2,229 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 | Buff Point1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 360 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 832 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,229 | 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 Buff Point was 34.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 51.3% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Buff Point.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Buff Point was 15.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 19.7% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Buff Point.
- the rate of violent crime in Buff Point was 6.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 21.2% lower than the national average.
- around 56% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Buff Point.