Crime Dashboard - Merriwa (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 | 6 | 393 | 32 |
| motor vehicle | 7 | 591 | 35 |
| violent | 56 | 3,365 | 76 |
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 | 393 | 308 | 27.7% |
| motor vehicle | 591 | 483 | 22.4% |
| violent | 3,365 | 3,432 | -2.0% |
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 27.7% to 393 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 22.4% to 591 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 2.0% to 3,365 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 | Merriwa (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 393 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 591 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,365 | 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 Merriwa (NSW) was 28.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 46.7% lower than the national average.
- around 32% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Merriwa (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Merriwa (NSW) was 17.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 43.0% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Merriwa (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Merriwa (NSW) was 41.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 18.9% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Merriwa (NSW).