Crime Dashboard - Forest Hill (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 | 11 | 378 | 30 |
| motor vehicle | 7 | 324 | 15 |
| violent | 72 | 2,845 | 70 |
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 | 378 | 238 | 59.0% |
| motor vehicle | 324 | 781 | -58.5% |
| violent | 2,845 | 2,781 | 2.3% |
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 59.0% to 378 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 58.5% to 324 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.3% to 2,845 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 | Forest Hill (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 378 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 324 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,845 | 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 Forest Hill (NSW) was 30.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 48.8% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forest Hill (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forest Hill (NSW) was 54.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 68.8% lower than the national average.
- around 15% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forest Hill (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Forest Hill (NSW) was 19.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 0.6% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forest Hill (NSW).