Crime Dashboard - Eglinton (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-ins31456
motor vehicle1345525
violent511,72743

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-ins145149 -3.0%
motor vehicle455980-53.6%
violent1,7272,198-21.5%

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 3.0% to 145 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 53.6% to 455 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 21.5% to 1,727 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
Eglinton (NSW)1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins145547739
motor vehicle4557181,036
violent1,7272,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Eglinton (NSW) was 73.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 80.4% lower than the national average.
  • around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Eglinton (NSW).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Eglinton (NSW) was 36.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 56.1% lower than the national average.
  • around 25% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Eglinton (NSW).
  • the rate of violent crime in Eglinton (NSW) was 27.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 39.0% lower than the national average.
  • around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Eglinton (NSW).