Crime Dashboard - Cardiff (NSW)

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-ins2750444
motor vehicle661,71985
violent1883,54878

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-ins50442219.4%
motor vehicle1,7191,46417.4%
violent3,5483,498 1.4%

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 19.4% to 504 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 17.4% to 1,719 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 1.4% to 3,548 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
Cardiff (NSW)1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins504547739
motor vehicle1,7197181,036
violent3,5482,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Cardiff (NSW) was 7.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 31.8% lower than the national average.
  • around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cardiff (NSW).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cardiff (NSW) was 139.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 65.8% higher than the national average.
  • around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cardiff (NSW).
  • the rate of violent crime in Cardiff (NSW) was 48.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 25.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cardiff (NSW).