Crime Dashboard - Surry Hills
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 | 205 | 1,509 | 91 |
| motor vehicle | 122 | 1,124 | 67 |
| violent | 672 | 4,966 | 89 |
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 | 1,509 | 1,145 | 31.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,124 | 1,098 | 2.3% |
| violent | 4,966 | 5,337 | -7.0% |
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 31.7% to 1,509 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 2.3% to 1,124 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 7.0% to 4,966 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 | Surry Hills1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,509 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,124 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,966 | 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 Surry Hills was 175.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 104.3% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Surry Hills.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Surry Hills was 56.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 8.4% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Surry Hills.
- the rate of violent crime in Surry Hills was 108.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 75.5% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Surry Hills.