Crime Dashboard - Tweed Heads West
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 | 33 | 704 | 61 |
| motor vehicle | 43 | 944 | 58 |
| violent | 97 | 2,272 | 57 |
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 | 704 | 468 | 50.5% |
| motor vehicle | 944 | 704 | 34.0% |
| violent | 2,272 | 3,054 | -25.6% |
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 50.5% to 704 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 34.0% to 944 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 25.6% to 2,272 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 West1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 704 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 944 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,272 | 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 West was 28.6% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 4.7% lower than the national average.
- around 61% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Tweed Heads West.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Tweed Heads West was 31.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 9.0% lower than the national average.
- around 58% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Tweed Heads West.
- the rate of violent crime in Tweed Heads West was 4.6% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 19.7% lower than the national average.
- around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Tweed Heads West.