Crime Dashboard - Muswellbrook
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 | 124 | 1,524 | 91 |
| motor vehicle | 93 | 1,214 | 71 |
| violent | 663 | 6,482 | 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 | 1,524 | 1,601 | -4.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,214 | 1,748 | -30.6% |
| violent | 6,482 | 6,818 | -4.9% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 4.8% to 1,524 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 30.6% to 1,214 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 4.9% to 6,482 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 | Muswellbrook1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,524 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,214 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,482 | 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 Muswellbrook was 178.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 106.3% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Muswellbrook.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Muswellbrook was 69.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 17.1% higher than the national average.
- around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Muswellbrook.
- the rate of violent crime in Muswellbrook was 172.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 129.1% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Muswellbrook.