Crime Dashboard - New Lambton Heights
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 | 10 | 346 | 27 |
| motor vehicle | 20 | 1,144 | 68 |
| violent | 52 | 2,685 | 67 |
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 | 346 | 427 | -18.9% |
| motor vehicle | 1,144 | 1,003 | 14.1% |
| violent | 2,685 | 2,521 | 6.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 18.9% to 346 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 14.1% to 1,144 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 6.5% to 2,685 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 Lambton Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 346 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,144 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,685 | 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 Heights was 36.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 53.1% lower than the national average.
- around 27% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than New Lambton Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in New Lambton Heights was 59.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 10.4% higher than the national average.
- around 68% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than New Lambton Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in New Lambton Heights was 12.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 5.1% lower than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than New Lambton Heights.