Crime Dashboard - Shell Cove
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 | 17 | 221 | 12 |
| motor vehicle | 35 | 594 | 36 |
| violent | 60 | 1,162 | 23 |
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 | 221 | 229 | -3.7% |
| motor vehicle | 594 | 495 | 20.1% |
| violent | 1,162 | 1,236 | -6.0% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 3.7% to 221 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 20.1% to 594 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 6.0% to 1,162 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 | Shell Cove1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 221 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 594 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,162 | 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 Shell Cove was 59.7% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.1% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Shell Cove.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Shell Cove was 17.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 42.7% lower than the national average.
- around 36% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Shell Cove.
- the rate of violent crime in Shell Cove was 51.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 58.9% lower than the national average.
- around 23% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Shell Cove.