Crime Dashboard - Moruya
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 | 38 | 1,251 | 86 |
| motor vehicle | 45 | 1,821 | 87 |
| violent | 249 | 6,751 | 93 |
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 | 1,251 | 838 | 49.2% |
| motor vehicle | 1,821 | 1,249 | 45.7% |
| violent | 6,751 | 6,813 | -0.9% |
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 49.2% to 1,251 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 45.7% to 1,821 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.9% to 6,751 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 | Moruya1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,251 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,821 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,751 | 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 Moruya was 128.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 69.3% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Moruya.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Moruya was 153.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 75.7% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Moruya.
- the rate of violent crime in Moruya was 183.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 138.6% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Moruya.