Crime Dashboard - Melrose Park (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 | 14 | 893 | 74 |
| motor vehicle | 18 | 1,279 | 73 |
| violent | 14 | 972 | 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 | 893 | 539 | 65.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,279 | 929 | 37.7% |
| violent | 972 | 1,002 | -2.9% |
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 65.7% to 893 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 37.7% to 1,279 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 2.9% to 972 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 | Melrose Park (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 893 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,279 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 972 | 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 Melrose Park (NSW) was 63.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 20.9% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Melrose Park (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Melrose Park (NSW) was 78.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 23.4% higher than the national average.
- around 73% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Melrose Park (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Melrose Park (NSW) was 59.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 65.6% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Melrose Park (NSW).