Crime Dashboard - Nowra
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 | 116 | 1,618 | 93 |
| motor vehicle | 100 | 1,346 | 75 |
| violent | 961 | 11,534 | 98 |
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 | 1,618 | 1,500 | 7.9% |
| motor vehicle | 1,346 | 1,487 | -9.5% |
| violent | 11,534 | 10,920 | 5.6% |
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 7.9% to 1,618 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 9.5% to 1,346 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 5.6% to 11,534 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 | Nowra1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,618 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,346 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 11,534 | 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 Nowra was 195.9% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 119.1% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Nowra.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Nowra was 87.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 29.8% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Nowra.
- the rate of violent crime in Nowra was 384.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 307.7% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Nowra.