Crime Dashboard - Skennars Head
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 | 8 | 478 | 42 |
| motor vehicle | 11 | 896 | 55 |
| violent | 11 | 827 | 12 |
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 | 478 | 43 | 1,008.6% |
| motor vehicle | 896 | 858 | 4.5% |
| violent | 827 | 643 | 28.7% |
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 1,008.6% to 478 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 4.5% to 896 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 28.7% to 827 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 | Skennars Head1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 478 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 896 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 827 | 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 Skennars Head was 12.5% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 35.2% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Skennars Head.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Skennars Head was 24.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 13.5% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Skennars Head.
- the rate of violent crime in Skennars Head was 65.3% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 70.8% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Skennars Head.