Crime Dashboard - Waitara
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 | 486 | 42 |
| motor vehicle | 12 | 246 | 9 |
| violent | 45 | 712 | 8 |
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 | 486 | 256 | 90.0% |
| motor vehicle | 246 | 172 | 42.9% |
| violent | 712 | 666 | 6.9% |
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 90.0% to 486 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 42.9% to 246 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 6.9% to 712 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 | Waitara1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 486 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 246 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 712 | 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 Waitara was 11.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 34.2% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Waitara.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Waitara was 65.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 76.3% lower than the national average.
- around 9% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Waitara.
- the rate of violent crime in Waitara was 70.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 74.8% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Waitara.