Crime Dashboard - Fairlight
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 | 14 | 260 | 16 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 297 | 13 |
| violent | 23 | 346 | 2 |
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 | 260 | 142 | 82.6% |
| motor vehicle | 297 | 608 | -51.1% |
| violent | 346 | 338 | 2.1% |
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 82.6% to 260 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 51.1% to 297 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.1% to 346 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 | Fairlight1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 260 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 297 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 346 | 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 Fairlight was 52.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 64.8% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Fairlight.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Fairlight was 58.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 71.3% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Fairlight.
- the rate of violent crime in Fairlight was 85.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 87.8% lower than the national average.
- around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Fairlight.