Crime Dashboard - Sefton
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 | 16 | 238 | 14 |
| motor vehicle | 45 | 643 | 39 |
| violent | 107 | 2,005 | 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 | 238 | 201 | 18.1% |
| motor vehicle | 643 | 660 | -2.5% |
| violent | 2,005 | 1,591 | 26.0% |
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 18.1% to 238 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 2.5% to 643 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 26.0% to 2,005 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 | Sefton1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 238 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 643 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,005 | 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 Sefton was 56.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 67.8% lower than the national average.
- around 14% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sefton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sefton was 10.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 37.9% lower than the national average.
- around 40% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sefton.
- the rate of violent crime in Sefton was 15.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 29.1% lower than the national average.
- around 51% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sefton.