Crime Dashboard - Willoughby (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 | 9 | 196 | 10 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 187 | 5 |
| violent | 57 | 814 | 11 |
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 | 196 | 281 | -30.3% |
| motor vehicle | 187 | 423 | -55.9% |
| violent | 814 | 722 | 12.7% |
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 30.3% to 196 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 55.9% to 187 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 12.7% to 814 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 | Willoughby (NSW)1 | NSW1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 196 | 547 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 187 | 718 | 1,036 |
| violent | 814 | 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 Willoughby (NSW) was 64.1% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 73.4% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Willoughby (NSW).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Willoughby (NSW) was 74.0% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 82.0% lower than the national average.
- around 5% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Willoughby (NSW).
- the rate of violent crime in Willoughby (NSW) was 65.8% lower than the New South Wales average, and was 71.2% lower than the national average.
- around 11% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Willoughby (NSW).