Crime Dashboard - Parkes (NSW)
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 | 96 | 1,147 | 83 |
| motor vehicle | 115 | 1,252 | 72 |
| violent | 501 | 5,467 | 90 |
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 | 1,147 | 987 | 16.2% |
| motor vehicle | 1,252 | 1,775 | -29.5% |
| violent | 5,467 | 6,162 | -11.3% |
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 16.2% to 1,147 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 29.5% to 1,252 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 11.3% to 5,467 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 | Parkes (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,147 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,252 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,467 | 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 Parkes (NSW) was 109.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 55.4% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Parkes (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Parkes (NSW) was 74.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 20.8% higher than the national average.
- around 72% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Parkes (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Parkes (NSW) was 129.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 93.3% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Parkes (NSW).