Crime Dashboard - Leichhardt (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 | 48 | 367 | 29 |
| motor vehicle | 74 | 492 | 28 |
| violent | 216 | 1,746 | 43 |
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 | 367 | 441 | -16.7% |
| motor vehicle | 492 | 638 | -22.9% |
| violent | 1,746 | 1,568 | 11.4% |
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 16.7% to 367 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 22.9% to 492 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 11.4% to 1,746 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 | Leichhardt (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 367 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 492 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,746 | 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 Leichhardt (NSW) was 32.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 50.3% lower than the national average.
- around 29% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Leichhardt (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Leichhardt (NSW) was 31.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 52.6% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Leichhardt (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Leichhardt (NSW) was 26.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 38.3% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Leichhardt (NSW).