Crime Dashboard - Wallsend
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 | 110 | 1,132 | 82 |
| motor vehicle | 156 | 1,894 | 88 |
| violent | 377 | 3,533 | 78 |
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 | 1,132 | 799 | 41.6% |
| motor vehicle | 1,894 | 1,701 | 11.4% |
| violent | 3,533 | 4,446 | -20.5% |
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 41.6% to 1,132 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 11.4% to 1,894 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 20.5% to 3,533 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 | Wallsend1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,132 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,894 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,533 | 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 Wallsend was 107.0% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 53.3% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wallsend.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wallsend was 163.8% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 82.8% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wallsend.
- the rate of violent crime in Wallsend was 48.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 24.9% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wallsend.