Crime Dashboard - New Lambton
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 | 80 | 893 | 74 |
| motor vehicle | 98 | 1,227 | 71 |
| violent | 120 | 1,496 | 35 |
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 | 893 | 398 | 124.3% |
| motor vehicle | 1,227 | 1,200 | 2.3% |
| violent | 1,496 | 1,593 | -6.1% |
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 124.3% to 893 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 2.3% to 1,227 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 6.1% to 1,496 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 | New Lambton1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 893 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,227 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,496 | 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 New Lambton was 63.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 20.8% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than New Lambton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in New Lambton was 70.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 18.4% higher than the national average.
- around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than New Lambton.
- the rate of violent crime in New Lambton was 37.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 47.1% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than New Lambton.