Crime Dashboard - Meekatharra
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 | 31 | 9,328 | 100 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 9,369 | 100 |
| violent | 376 | 28,363 | 100 |
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 | 9,328 | 6,654 | 40.2% |
| motor vehicle | 9,369 | 7,355 | 27.4% |
| violent | 28,363 | 30,848 | -8.1% |
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 40.2% to 9,328 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 27.4% to 9,369 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 8.1% to 28,363 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 | Meekatharra1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 9,328 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 9,369 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 28,363 | 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 Meekatharra was 884.8% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 1,162.9% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Meekatharra.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Meekatharra was 549.3% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 804.0% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Meekatharra.
- the rate of violent crime in Meekatharra was 841.5% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 902.6% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Meekatharra.