Crime Dashboard - Cockburn

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-ins47378263
motor vehicle2431,21670
violent2,5762,07636

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-ins782894-12.6%
motor vehicle1,2161,469-17.2%
violent2,0763,022-31.3%

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 12.6% to 782 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 17.2% to 1,216 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 31.3% to 2,076 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
Cockburn1
WA1
Australia1
break-ins782947739
motor vehicle1,2161,4431,036
violent2,0763,0132,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Cockburn was 17.4% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 5.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 63% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cockburn.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cockburn was 15.7% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 17.3% higher than the national average.
  • around 70% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cockburn.
  • the rate of violent crime in Cockburn was 31.1% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 26.6% lower than the national average.
  • around 36% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cockburn.