Crime Dashboard - Merewether Heights
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 | 5 | 456 | 40 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 731 | 46 |
| violent | 8 | 518 | 4 |
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 | 456 | 297 | 53.5% |
| motor vehicle | 731 | 1,374 | -46.8% |
| violent | 518 | 605 | -14.4% |
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 53.5% to 456 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 46.8% to 731 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 14.4% to 518 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 | Merewether Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 456 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 731 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 518 | 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 Merewether Heights was 16.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 38.2% lower than the national average.
- around 40% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Merewether Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Merewether Heights was 1.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 29.5% lower than the national average.
- around 46% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Merewether Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Merewether Heights was 78.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 81.7% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Merewether Heights.