Crime Dashboard - Oatley
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 | 14 | 167 | 7 |
| motor vehicle | 14 | 164 | 4 |
| violent | 70 | 841 | 12 |
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 | 167 | 161 | 3.5% |
| motor vehicle | 164 | 370 | -55.7% |
| violent | 841 | 707 | 19.1% |
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 3.5% to 167 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 55.7% to 164 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 19.1% to 841 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 | Oatley1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 167 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 164 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 841 | 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 Oatley was 69.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 77.4% lower than the national average.
- around 7% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Oatley.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Oatley was 77.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 84.2% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Oatley.
- the rate of violent crime in Oatley was 64.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.3% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Oatley.