Crime Dashboard - Newcastle West
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 | 18 | 1,842 | 95 |
| motor vehicle | 55 | 4,437 | 99 |
| violent | 195 | 14,858 | 99 |
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 | 1,842 | 1,957 | -5.8% |
| motor vehicle | 4,437 | 4,235 | 4.8% |
| violent | 14,858 | 17,276 | -14.0% |
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 5.8% to 1,842 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 4.8% to 4,437 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 14.0% to 14,858 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 | Newcastle West1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,842 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 4,437 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 14,858 | 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 Newcastle West was 236.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 149.4% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Newcastle West.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Newcastle West was 517.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 328.1% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Newcastle West.
- the rate of violent crime in Newcastle West was 523.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 425.2% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Newcastle West.