Crime Dashboard - Mount Austin

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-ins522,09097
motor vehicle321,27173
violent2417,53595

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-ins2,0901,744 19.9%
motor vehicle1,2711,183 7.4%
violent7,5359,029-16.5%

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 19.9% to 2,090 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 7.4% to 1,271 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 16.5% to 7,535 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
Mount Austin1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins2,090547739
motor vehicle1,2717181,036
violent7,5352,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Mount Austin was 282.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 182.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Austin.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Austin was 77.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 22.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 73% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Austin.
  • the rate of violent crime in Mount Austin was 216.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 166.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mount Austin.