Crime Dashboard - Lewisham (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 | 10 | 510 | 44 |
| motor vehicle | 21 | 664 | 41 |
| violent | 67 | 1,929 | 49 |
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 | 510 | 481 | 6.0% |
| motor vehicle | 664 | 802 | -17.2% |
| violent | 1,929 | 1,716 | 12.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 6.0% to 510 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 17.2% to 664 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 12.4% to 1,929 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 | Lewisham (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 510 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 664 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,929 | 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 Lewisham (NSW) was 6.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 31.0% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lewisham (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lewisham (NSW) was 7.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 36.0% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lewisham (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Lewisham (NSW) was 19.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 31.8% lower than the national average.
- around 49% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lewisham (NSW).