Crime Dashboard - Evans Head
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 | 24 | 1,018 | 79 |
| motor vehicle | 33 | 1,789 | 87 |
| violent | 70 | 2,954 | 71 |
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 | 1,018 | 652 | 56.2% |
| motor vehicle | 1,789 | 1,338 | 33.8% |
| violent | 2,954 | 2,552 | 15.7% |
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 56.2% to 1,018 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 33.8% to 1,789 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 15.7% to 2,954 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 | Evans Head1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,018 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,789 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,954 | 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 Evans Head was 86.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 37.8% higher than the national average.
- around 79% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Evans Head.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Evans Head was 149.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 72.7% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Evans Head.
- the rate of violent crime in Evans Head was 24.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 4.4% higher than the national average.
- around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Evans Head.