Crime Dashboard - Forbes (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-ins | 87 | 1,506 | 91 |
| motor vehicle | 185 | 3,309 | 97 |
| violent | 294 | 4,941 | 88 |
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 | 1,506 | 1,569 | -4.0% |
| motor vehicle | 3,309 | 1,914 | 72.9% |
| violent | 4,941 | 6,272 | -21.2% |
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 4.0% to 1,506 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 72.9% to 3,309 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 21.2% to 4,941 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 | Forbes (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,506 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,309 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,941 | 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 Forbes (NSW) was 175.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 103.9% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forbes (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forbes (NSW) was 360.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 219.3% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forbes (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Forbes (NSW) was 107.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 74.7% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forbes (NSW).