Crime Dashboard - Mount Kembla
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 | 2 | 124 | 4 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 754 | 48 |
| violent | 7 | 598 | 5 |
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 | 124 | 0 | na |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 297 | 154.1% |
| violent | 598 | 495 | 20.7% |
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 from 0 to 124 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 154.1% to 754 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 20.7% to 598 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 Kembla1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 124 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 754 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 598 | 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 Mount Kembla was 77.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 83.2% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Kembla.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Kembla was 4.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 27.3% lower than the national average.
- around 48% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Kembla.
- the rate of violent crime in Mount Kembla was 74.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 78.9% lower than the national average.
- around 5% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mount Kembla.