Crime Dashboard - Wheeler 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 | 1 | 60 | 2 |
| motor vehicle | 2 | 199 | 6 |
| violent | 11 | 521 | 4 |
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 | 60 | 207 | -70.9% |
| motor vehicle | 199 | 345 | -42.1% |
| violent | 521 | 587 | -11.1% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 70.9% to 60 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 42.1% to 199 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 11.1% to 521 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 | Wheeler Heights1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 60 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 199 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 521 | 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 Wheeler Heights was 89.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 91.8% lower than the national average.
- around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wheeler Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wheeler Heights was 72.2% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 80.8% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wheeler Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Wheeler Heights was 78.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 81.6% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wheeler Heights.