Crime Dashboard - Ashburton
Western Australia • LGA • 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 | 29 | 934 | 75 |
| motor vehicle | 15 | 2,240 | 96 |
| violent | 217 | 3,103 | 76 |
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 | 934 | 523 | 78.6% |
| motor vehicle | 2,240 | 1,208 | 85.4% |
| violent | 3,103 | 4,339 | -28.5% |
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 78.6% to 934 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 85.4% to 2,240 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 28.5% to 3,103 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 | Ashburton1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 934 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,240 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,103 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Ashburton was 1.4% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 26.4% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ashburton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ashburton was 55.2% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 116.1% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ashburton.
- the rate of violent crime in Ashburton was 3.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 9.7% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ashburton.