Crime Dashboard - Rockdale
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 | 42 | 331 | 24 |
| motor vehicle | 50 | 424 | 23 |
| violent | 274 | 1,996 | 51 |
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 | 331 | 351 | -5.6% |
| motor vehicle | 424 | 414 | 2.5% |
| violent | 1,996 | 2,353 | -15.2% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 5.6% to 331 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 2.5% to 424 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 15.2% to 1,996 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 | Rockdale1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 331 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 424 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,996 | 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 Rockdale was 39.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 55.2% lower than the national average.
- around 24% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Rockdale.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Rockdale was 41.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 59.1% lower than the national average.
- around 23% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Rockdale.
- the rate of violent crime in Rockdale was 16.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 29.4% lower than the national average.
- around 51% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Rockdale.