Crime Dashboard - Kiama
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 | 26 | 313 | 22 |
| motor vehicle | 50 | 760 | 48 |
| violent | 109 | 1,603 | 39 |
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 | 313 | 363 | -13.7% |
| motor vehicle | 760 | 841 | -9.6% |
| violent | 1,603 | 1,633 | -1.8% |
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 13.7% to 313 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 9.6% to 760 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 1.8% to 1,603 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 | Kiama1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 313 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 760 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,603 | 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 Kiama was 42.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 57.6% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Kiama.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Kiama was 5.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 26.7% lower than the national average.
- around 48% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Kiama.
- the rate of violent crime in Kiama was 32.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 43.3% lower than the national average.
- around 39% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Kiama.