Crime Dashboard - Byron Bay
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 | 62 | 1,048 | 80 |
| motor vehicle | 93 | 1,743 | 86 |
| violent | 322 | 6,563 | 93 |
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 | 1,048 | 774 | 35.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,743 | 1,853 | -6.0% |
| violent | 6,563 | 7,228 | -9.2% |
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 35.4% to 1,048 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 6.0% to 1,743 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 9.2% to 6,563 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 | Byron Bay1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,048 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,743 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,563 | 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 Byron Bay was 91.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 41.9% higher than the national average.
- around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Byron Bay.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Byron Bay was 142.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 68.2% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Byron Bay.
- the rate of violent crime in Byron Bay was 175.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 132.0% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Byron Bay.