Crime Dashboard - Baw Baw
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 | 162 | 521 | 35 |
| motor vehicle | 424 | 721 | 31 |
| violent | 576 | 3,541 | 82 |
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 | 521 | 605 | -13.9% |
| motor vehicle | 721 | 786 | -8.2% |
| violent | 3,541 | 3,606 | -1.8% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 13.9% to 521 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 8.2% to 721 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 1.8% to 3,541 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 | Baw Baw1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 521 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 721 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,541 | 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 Baw Baw was 27.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 29.5% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Baw Baw.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Baw Baw was 34.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 30.4% lower than the national average.
- around 31% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Baw Baw.
- the rate of violent crime in Baw Baw was 23.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 25.2% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Baw Baw.