Crime Dashboard - Freshwater (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 | 15 | 244 | 14 |
| motor vehicle | 28 | 299 | 13 |
| violent | 48 | 619 | 6 |
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 | 244 | 216 | 13.1% |
| motor vehicle | 299 | 470 | -36.4% |
| violent | 619 | 684 | -9.6% |
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 13.1% to 244 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 36.4% to 299 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 9.6% to 619 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 | Freshwater (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 244 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 299 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 619 | 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 Freshwater (NSW) was 55.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 66.9% lower than the national average.
- around 14% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Freshwater (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Freshwater (NSW) was 58.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 71.2% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Freshwater (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Freshwater (NSW) was 74.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 78.1% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Freshwater (NSW).