Crime Dashboard - Kiama Downs
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 | 7 | 168 | 7 |
| motor vehicle | 18 | 540 | 31 |
| violent | 17 | 483 | 3 |
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 | 168 | 110 | 52.1% |
| motor vehicle | 540 | 393 | 37.5% |
| violent | 483 | 779 | -38.0% |
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 52.1% to 168 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 37.5% to 540 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 38.0% to 483 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 | Kiama Downs1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 168 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 540 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 483 | 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 Downs was 69.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 77.3% lower than the national average.
- around 7% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Kiama Downs.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Kiama Downs was 24.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 47.9% lower than the national average.
- around 31% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Kiama Downs.
- the rate of violent crime in Kiama Downs was 79.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 82.9% lower than the national average.
- around 3% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Kiama Downs.