Crime Dashboard - Nambucca Heads
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 | 65 | 1,147 | 83 |
| motor vehicle | 56 | 1,338 | 75 |
| violent | 229 | 4,797 | 87 |
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 | 1,147 | 845 | 35.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,338 | 1,025 | 30.6% |
| violent | 4,797 | 6,548 | -26.7% |
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 by 35.7% to 1,147 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 30.6% to 1,338 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 26.7% to 4,797 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 | Nambucca Heads1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,147 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,338 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,797 | 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 Nambucca Heads was 109.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 55.3% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Nambucca Heads.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Nambucca Heads was 86.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 29.1% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Nambucca Heads.
- the rate of violent crime in Nambucca Heads was 101.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 69.6% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Nambucca Heads.