Crime Dashboard - Waterloo (NSW)
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 | 182 | 1,227 | 85 |
| motor vehicle | 96 | 662 | 41 |
| violent | 577 | 4,150 | 84 |
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 | 1,227 | 1,098 | 11.7% |
| motor vehicle | 662 | 568 | 16.4% |
| violent | 4,150 | 4,013 | 3.4% |
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 11.7% to 1,227 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 16.4% to 662 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.4% to 4,150 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 | Waterloo (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,227 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 662 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,150 | 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 Waterloo (NSW) was 124.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 66.1% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Waterloo (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Waterloo (NSW) was 7.9% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 36.2% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Waterloo (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Waterloo (NSW) was 74.2% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 46.7% higher than the national average.
- around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Waterloo (NSW).