Crime Dashboard - Wickham (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-ins452,90699
motor vehicle643,59198
violent493,67680

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-ins2,9061,366112.7%
motor vehicle3,5912,626 36.8%
violent3,6763,387 8.5%

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 112.7% to 2,906 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 36.8% to 3,591 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 8.5% to 3,676 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
Wickham (NSW)1
NSW1
Australia1
break-ins2,906547739
motor vehicle3,5917181,036
violent3,6762,3832,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Wickham (NSW) was 431.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 293.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wickham (NSW).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wickham (NSW) was 400.1% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 246.5% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wickham (NSW).
  • the rate of violent crime in Wickham (NSW) was 54.3% higher than the New South Wales average, and was 29.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wickham (NSW).