Crime Dashboard - Hay (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 | 17 | 1,085 | 81 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 629 | 39 |
| violent | 109 | 5,757 | 91 |
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 | 1,085 | 751 | 44.5% |
| motor vehicle | 629 | 276 | 127.8% |
| violent | 5,757 | 6,580 | -12.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 44.5% to 1,085 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 127.8% to 629 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.5% to 5,757 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 | Hay (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,085 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 629 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,757 | 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 Hay (NSW) was 98.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 46.8% higher than the national average.
- around 81% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Hay (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Hay (NSW) was 12.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 39.3% lower than the national average.
- around 39% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Hay (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Hay (NSW) was 141.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 103.5% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Hay (NSW).