Crime Dashboard - Padstow 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 | 5 | 144 | 6 |
| motor vehicle | 11 | 417 | 22 |
| violent | 23 | 951 | 16 |
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 | 144 | 154 | -6.8% |
| motor vehicle | 417 | 418 | -0.4% |
| violent | 951 | 1,091 | -12.9% |
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 6.8% to 144 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 0.4% to 417 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.9% to 951 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 | Padstow Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 144 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 417 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 951 | 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 Padstow Heights was 73.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 80.5% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Padstow Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Padstow Heights was 42.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 59.8% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Padstow Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Padstow Heights was 60.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 66.4% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Padstow Heights.