Crime Dashboard - Kearns
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 | 4 | 218 | 12 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 186 | 5 |
| violent | 35 | 1,534 | 37 |
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 | 218 | 144 | 51.1% |
| motor vehicle | 186 | 322 | -42.1% |
| violent | 1,534 | 1,536 | -0.1% |
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 51.1% to 218 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 42.1% to 186 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.1% to 1,534 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 | Kearns1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 218 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 186 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,534 | 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 Kearns was 60.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.5% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Kearns.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Kearns was 74.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 82.0% lower than the national average.
- around 5% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Kearns.
- the rate of violent crime in Kearns was 35.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 45.8% lower than the national average.
- around 37% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Kearns.