Crime Dashboard - Augusta Margaret River
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 | 20 | 178 | 1 |
| motor vehicle | 13 | 438 | 12 |
| violent | 171 | 1,048 | 6 |
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 | 178 | 168 | 5.8% |
| motor vehicle | 438 | 319 | 37.2% |
| violent | 1,048 | 2,169 | -51.7% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 5.8% to 178 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 37.2% to 438 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 51.7% to 1,048 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 | Augusta Margaret River1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 178 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 438 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,048 | 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 Augusta Margaret River was 81.3% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 76.0% lower than the national average.
- around 1% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Augusta Margaret River.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Augusta Margaret River was 69.6% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 57.7% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Augusta Margaret River.
- the rate of violent crime in Augusta Margaret River was 65.2% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 63.0% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Augusta Margaret River.