Crime Dashboard - Cobar
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 | 20 | 895 | 74 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 1,005 | 61 |
| violent | 117 | 4,280 | 85 |
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 | 895 | 764 | 17.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,005 | 914 | 10.0% |
| violent | 4,280 | 5,460 | -21.6% |
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 17.1% to 895 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 10.0% to 1,005 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 21.6% to 4,280 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 | Cobar1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 895 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,005 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,280 | 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 Cobar was 63.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 21.1% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cobar.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cobar was 40.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 3.0% lower than the national average.
- around 61% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cobar.
- the rate of violent crime in Cobar was 79.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 51.3% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cobar.