Crime Dashboard - Shoal Bay (NSW)
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 | 9 | 637 | 56 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 468 | 26 |
| violent | 78 | 4,283 | 85 |
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 | 637 | 917 | -30.5% |
| motor vehicle | 468 | 1,523 | -69.3% |
| violent | 4,283 | 5,189 | -17.5% |
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 30.5% to 637 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 69.3% to 468 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 17.5% to 4,283 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 | Shoal Bay (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 637 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 468 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,283 | 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 Shoal Bay (NSW) was 16.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 13.8% lower than the national average.
- around 56% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Shoal Bay (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 34.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 54.9% lower than the national average.
- around 26% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Shoal Bay (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Shoal Bay (NSW) was 79.7% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 51.4% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Shoal Bay (NSW).