NSW car theft hotspots mapped and ranked by popluation

New data shows which areas of New South Wales have experienced the most car thefts since 2019, both in total and accounting for population scale.

The latest data from the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) reveals which areas have the most cars stolen in NSW.

The top five LGAs (local government areas) by total thefts were Blacktown (747 thefts), Newcastle (678 thefts), Canterbury-Bankstown (648 thefts),
Central Coast (603 thefts), and Sydney (543 thefts).

However, when thefts are recalculated to account for an LGA’s population size, the highest rates of theft occur in Moree Plains, where the LGA’s 87 thefts equate to 676 per 100,000 residents.

Hover your mouse over, or tap, each LGA in the map below to see theft totals along with details on how thefts have changed over the past seven years.

The remaining top five LGAs for car theft ranked by rate per 100,000 people are Cobar (638), Kempsey (601), Cessnock (533) and Walgett (525).

When population is accounted for in Blacktown, Canterbury-Bankstown, and Central Coast, these LGA’s rank significantly lower for motor vehicle thefts. The map below shows the motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 people for most LGAs in NSW.

To minimise the risk of identifying individuals in statistics, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research randomly adjusts some cell values in data.

This random adjustment is called perturbation and means some data points may be increased or decreased by a small amount, while having a negligible impact on the underlying pattern of the statistics.

Despite NSW experiencing a 13 per cent increase in vehicle thefts since 2016, this pales in significance compared with the rate of escalation in the neighbouring state of Victoria over the same period.

Despite NSW having a higher population, the graph below shows that motor vehicle thefts in NSW over the 12 months leading up to September 2025 were less than half that of Victoria.

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