Crime Dashboard - Merimbula
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 | 7 | 286 | 19 |
| motor vehicle | 11 | 334 | 16 |
| violent | 64 | 1,826 | 46 |
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 | 286 | 353 | -19.0% |
| motor vehicle | 334 | 565 | -41.0% |
| violent | 1,826 | 2,417 | -24.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 19.0% to 286 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 41.0% to 334 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 24.4% to 1,826 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 | Merimbula1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 286 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 334 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,826 | 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 Merimbula was 47.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 61.3% lower than the national average.
- around 20% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Merimbula.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Merimbula was 53.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 67.8% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Merimbula.
- the rate of violent crime in Merimbula was 23.4% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 35.5% lower than the national average.
- around 46% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Merimbula.