Crime Dashboard - Maitland (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 | 32 | 1,606 | 92 |
| motor vehicle | 66 | 3,998 | 99 |
| violent | 268 | 14,963 | 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 | 1,606 | 1,616 | -0.6% |
| motor vehicle | 3,998 | 3,350 | 19.3% |
| violent | 14,963 | 16,134 | -7.3% |
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 0.6% to 1,606 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 19.3% to 3,998 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 7.3% to 14,963 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 | Maitland (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,606 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,998 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 14,963 | 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 Maitland (NSW) was 193.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 117.4% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Maitland (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Maitland (NSW) was 456.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 285.8% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Maitland (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Maitland (NSW) was 528.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 428.9% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Maitland (NSW).