Crime Dashboard - Lennox Head
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 | 17 | 233 | 13 |
| motor vehicle | 23 | 487 | 28 |
| violent | 65 | 965 | 16 |
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 | 233 | 204 | 14.1% |
| motor vehicle | 487 | 384 | 26.7% |
| violent | 965 | 1,179 | -18.2% |
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 14.1% to 233 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 26.7% to 487 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 18.2% to 965 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 | Lennox Head1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 233 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 487 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 965 | 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 Lennox Head was 57.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 68.4% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lennox Head.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lennox Head was 32.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 53.0% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lennox Head.
- the rate of violent crime in Lennox Head was 59.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 65.9% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lennox Head.