Crime Dashboard - Tweed Heads South
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 | 40 | 735 | 63 |
| motor vehicle | 117 | 1,842 | 87 |
| violent | 262 | 3,941 | 82 |
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 | 735 | 817 | -10.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,842 | 1,835 | 0.4% |
| violent | 3,941 | 5,098 | -22.7% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 10.0% to 735 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 0.4% to 1,842 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 22.7% to 3,941 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 Heads South1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 735 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,842 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,941 | 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 South was 34.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 0.5% lower than the national average.
- around 63% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Tweed Heads South.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Tweed Heads South was 156.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 77.7% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Tweed Heads South.
- the rate of violent crime in Tweed Heads South was 65.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 39.3% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Tweed Heads South.