Crime Dashboard - Sapphire Beach
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 | 10 | 444 | 38 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 541 | 31 |
| violent | 37 | 1,483 | 35 |
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 | 444 | 420 | 5.8% |
| motor vehicle | 541 | 778 | -30.4% |
| violent | 1,483 | 1,256 | 18.1% |
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 5.8% to 444 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 30.4% to 541 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 18.1% to 1,483 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 | Sapphire Beach1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 444 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 541 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,483 | 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 Sapphire Beach was 18.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 39.8% lower than the national average.
- around 38% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sapphire Beach.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sapphire Beach was 24.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 47.8% lower than the national average.
- around 31% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sapphire Beach.
- the rate of violent crime in Sapphire Beach was 37.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 47.6% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sapphire Beach.