Crime Dashboard - Potts Point
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 | 35 | 570 | 50 |
| motor vehicle | 28 | 343 | 16 |
| violent | 399 | 6,673 | 93 |
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 | 570 | 540 | 5.7% |
| motor vehicle | 343 | 400 | -14.3% |
| violent | 6,673 | 6,345 | 5.2% |
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 5.7% to 570 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 14.3% to 343 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 5.2% to 6,673 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 | Potts Point1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 570 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 343 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,673 | 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 Potts Point was 4.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 22.8% lower than the national average.
- around 50% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Potts Point.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Potts Point was 52.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 66.9% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Potts Point.
- the rate of violent crime in Potts Point was 180.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 135.9% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Potts Point.