The latest figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show property and theft offences have ballooned in the Kiama area, with a 40 per cent rise in break and enters, and a 56.7 per cent increase in thefts from motor vehicles in the 24 months to March 2015.

Trends across the Illawarra were mostly stable over the two-year period but several outlying results showed vast differences in criminal behaviour across the region.

In Shellharbour, the next local government area north of Kiama, break and enter offences were down 26 per cent over the last 24 months. Domestic violence-related assaults, however, were up 17 per cent.

The domestic violence statistics come just weeks before Lake Illawarra Family Violence Support Service, a domestic violence service operating out of Lake Illawarra police station, is due to be rolled into an existing service.

The service will no longer have resources to continue work at its current capacity.

In Wollongong, break and enters were up 7.4 per cent, and thefts from homes up 13.5 per cent. Motor vehicle thefts fell almost 19 per cent.

Illawarra-wide, there was a 9 per cent drop in offences of malicious damage to property.

In the 12 months to March, the Illawarra recorded 1067 domestic violence-related assaults, 1737 thefts from vehicles and 183 sexual assaults.

There were a total 1835 incidents of break and enter across the region - more than five a day.

Wollongong recorded 1968 incidents of malicious damage to property, NSW's fourth highest behind Sydney, Penrith and Blacktown.