Crime Dashboard - Gateshead
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 | 21 | 1,043 | 80 |
| motor vehicle | 40 | 1,678 | 84 |
| violent | 127 | 5,433 | 90 |
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 | 1,043 | 819 | 27.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,678 | 1,926 | -12.9% |
| violent | 5,433 | 6,818 | -20.3% |
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 27.4% to 1,043 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 12.9% to 1,678 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 20.3% to 5,433 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 | Gateshead1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,043 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,678 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,433 | 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 Gateshead was 90.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 41.3% higher than the national average.
- around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Gateshead.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Gateshead was 133.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 61.9% higher than the national average.
- around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Gateshead.
- the rate of violent crime in Gateshead was 128.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 92.0% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Gateshead.