Crime Dashboard - Tweed Heads
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 | 87 | 1,216 | 85 |
| motor vehicle | 121 | 1,677 | 84 |
| violent | 325 | 4,600 | 86 |
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 | 1,216 | 704 | 72.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,677 | 1,726 | -2.8% |
| violent | 4,600 | 5,063 | -9.1% |
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 72.8% to 1,216 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 2.8% to 1,677 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 9.1% to 4,600 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 | Tweed Heads1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,216 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,677 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,600 | 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 Tweed Heads was 122.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 64.7% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Tweed Heads.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Tweed Heads was 133.5% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 61.8% higher than the national average.
- around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Tweed Heads.
- the rate of violent crime in Tweed Heads was 93.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 62.6% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Tweed Heads.