Crime Dashboard - Lightning Ridge
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 | 37 | 2,040 | 96 |
| motor vehicle | 30 | 3,019 | 97 |
| violent | 244 | 13,684 | 99 |
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 | 2,040 | 1,824 | 11.9% |
| motor vehicle | 3,019 | 4,009 | -24.7% |
| violent | 13,684 | 11,728 | 16.7% |
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 11.9% to 2,040 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 24.7% to 3,019 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 16.7% to 13,684 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 | Lightning Ridge1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 2,040 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,019 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 13,684 | 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 Lightning Ridge was 272.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 176.2% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lightning Ridge.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lightning Ridge was 320.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 191.3% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lightning Ridge.
- the rate of violent crime in Lightning Ridge was 474.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 383.7% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lightning Ridge.