Crime Dashboard - Villawood
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 | 57 | 984 | 78 |
| motor vehicle | 83 | 1,439 | 78 |
| violent | 274 | 4,513 | 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 | 984 | 655 | 50.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,439 | 1,336 | 7.7% |
| violent | 4,513 | 4,317 | 4.5% |
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 50.4% to 984 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 7.7% to 1,439 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 4.5% to 4,513 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 | Villawood1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 984 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,439 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,513 | 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 Villawood was 80.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 33.3% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Villawood.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Villawood was 100.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 38.9% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Villawood.
- the rate of violent crime in Villawood was 89.4% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 59.5% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Villawood.