Crime Dashboard - Hawks Nest
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 | 16 | 1,295 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 1,274 | 73 |
| violent | 22 | 2,222 | 56 |
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 | 1,295 | 1,360 | -4.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,274 | 342 | 272.6% |
| violent | 2,222 | 4,401 | -49.5% |
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 4.8% to 1,295 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 272.6% to 1,274 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 49.5% to 2,222 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 | Hawks Nest1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,295 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,274 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,222 | 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 Hawks Nest was 136.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 75.4% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Hawks Nest.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Hawks Nest was 77.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 22.9% higher than the national average.
- around 73% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Hawks Nest.
- the rate of violent crime in Hawks Nest was 6.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 21.5% lower than the national average.
- around 56% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Hawks Nest.