Crime Dashboard - Ballarat
Victoria • 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 | 580 | 1,019 | 82 |
| motor vehicle | 1,771 | 1,721 | 89 |
| violent | 953 | 2,942 | 69 |
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 | 1,019 | 918 | 11.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,721 | 2,033 | -15.4% |
| violent | 2,942 | 2,867 | 2.6% |
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 11.0% to 1,019 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 15.4% to 1,721 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.6% to 2,942 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 | Ballarat1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,019 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,721 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,942 | 2,865 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Ballarat was 41.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 37.9% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ballarat.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ballarat was 56.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 66.1% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ballarat.
- the rate of violent crime in Ballarat was 2.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 4.0% higher than the national average.
- around 69% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ballarat.