Crime Dashboard - Lismore (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-ins601,85295
motor vehicle642,44794
violent33611,89898

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-ins1,8521,160 59.7%
motor vehicle2,4472,498 -2.0%
violent11,89815,958-25.4%

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 59.7% to 1,852 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 2.0% to 2,447 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 25.4% to 11,898 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
Lismore (NSW)1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins1,852547739
motor vehicle2,4477181,036
violent11,8982,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Lismore (NSW) was 238.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 150.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lismore (NSW).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lismore (NSW) was 240.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 136.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lismore (NSW).
  • the rate of violent crime in Lismore (NSW) was 399.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 320.6% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lismore (NSW).