Crime Dashboard - Forestville (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 | 6 | 118 | 4 |
| motor vehicle | 12 | 227 | 7 |
| violent | 54 | 793 | 10 |
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 | 118 | 219 | -46.1% |
| motor vehicle | 227 | 247 | -8.1% |
| violent | 793 | 576 | 37.5% |
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 46.1% to 118 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 8.1% to 227 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 37.5% to 793 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 | Forestville (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 118 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 227 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 793 | 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 Forestville (NSW) was 78.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 84.0% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forestville (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forestville (NSW) was 68.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 78.1% lower than the national average.
- around 7% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forestville (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Forestville (NSW) was 66.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 72.0% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forestville (NSW).