Crime Dashboard - Chatswood
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 | 61 | 255 | 16 |
| motor vehicle | 59 | 305 | 13 |
| violent | 298 | 1,350 | 30 |
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 | 255 | 262 | -2.7% |
| motor vehicle | 305 | 333 | -8.6% |
| violent | 1,350 | 1,427 | -5.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 2.7% to 255 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 8.6% to 305 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 5.4% to 1,350 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 | Chatswood1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 255 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 305 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,350 | 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 Chatswood was 53.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 65.5% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Chatswood.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Chatswood was 57.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.6% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Chatswood.
- the rate of violent crime in Chatswood was 43.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 52.3% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Chatswood.