Crime Dashboard - Waterview Heights
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 | 6 | 373 | 30 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 257 | 10 |
| violent | 18 | 1,523 | 36 |
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 | 373 | 166 | 125.3% |
| motor vehicle | 257 | 0 | na |
| violent | 1,523 | 788 | 93.3% |
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 125.3% to 373 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased from 0 to 257 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 93.3% to 1,523 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 | Waterview Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 373 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 257 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,523 | 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 Waterview Heights was 31.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 49.5% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Waterview Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Waterview Heights was 64.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 75.2% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Waterview Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Waterview Heights was 36.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 46.2% lower than the national average.
- around 36% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Waterview Heights.