Crime Dashboard - Dover Heights
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 | 31 | 731 | 63 |
| motor vehicle | 28 | 683 | 43 |
| violent | 61 | 1,496 | 35 |
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 | 731 | 316 | 131.5% |
| motor vehicle | 683 | 547 | 24.8% |
| violent | 1,496 | 764 | 95.7% |
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 131.5% to 731 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 24.8% to 683 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 95.7% to 1,496 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 | Dover Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 731 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 683 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,496 | 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 Dover Heights was 33.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 1.1% lower than the national average.
- around 63% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dover Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dover Heights was 5.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 34.1% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dover Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Dover Heights was 37.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 47.1% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dover Heights.