Crime Dashboard - Charlestown (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-ins | 50 | 441 | 38 |
| motor vehicle | 80 | 971 | 59 |
| violent | 254 | 2,184 | 55 |
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 | 441 | 433 | 1.7% |
| motor vehicle | 971 | 1,100 | -11.7% |
| violent | 2,184 | 3,086 | -29.2% |
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 1.7% to 441 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 11.7% to 971 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 29.2% to 2,184 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 | Charlestown (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 441 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 971 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,184 | 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 Charlestown (NSW) was 19.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 40.3% lower than the national average.
- around 38% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Charlestown (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Charlestown (NSW) was 35.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 6.3% lower than the national average.
- around 59% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Charlestown (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Charlestown (NSW) was 8.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 22.8% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Charlestown (NSW).