Crime Dashboard - Towong
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 | 7 | 284 | 8 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 309 | 5 |
| violent | 27 | 1,999 | 30 |
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 | 284 | 419 | -32.2% |
| motor vehicle | 309 | 350 | -11.8% |
| violent | 1,999 | 1,205 | 65.9% |
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 32.2% to 284 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 11.8% to 309 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 65.9% to 1,999 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 | Towong1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 284 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 309 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,999 | 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 Towong was 60.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 61.6% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Towong.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Towong was 71.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 70.2% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Towong.
- the rate of violent crime in Towong was 30.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 29.3% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Towong.