Crime Dashboard - Lane Cove
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 | 320 | 23 |
| motor vehicle | 30 | 296 | 13 |
| violent | 75 | 784 | 10 |
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 | 320 | 265 | 20.5% |
| motor vehicle | 296 | 269 | 10.2% |
| violent | 784 | 769 | 2.0% |
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 20.5% to 320 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 10.2% to 296 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.0% to 784 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 | Lane Cove1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 320 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 296 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 784 | 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 Lane Cove was 41.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 56.7% lower than the national average.
- around 23% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lane Cove.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lane Cove was 58.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 71.4% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lane Cove.
- the rate of violent crime in Lane Cove was 67.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 72.3% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lane Cove.