Crime Dashboard - Forster (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 | 135 | 1,197 | 84 |
| motor vehicle | 153 | 1,628 | 83 |
| violent | 452 | 3,833 | 81 |
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 | 1,197 | 926 | 29.3% |
| motor vehicle | 1,628 | 1,150 | 41.6% |
| violent | 3,833 | 4,836 | -20.7% |
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 29.3% to 1,197 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 41.6% to 1,628 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 20.7% to 3,833 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 | Forster (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,197 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,628 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,833 | 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 Forster (NSW) was 118.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 62.1% higher than the national average.
- around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Forster (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Forster (NSW) was 126.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 57.1% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Forster (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Forster (NSW) was 60.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 35.5% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Forster (NSW).