Crime Dashboard - Wangaratta
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 | 74 | 564 | 43 |
| motor vehicle | 123 | 489 | 14 |
| violent | 262 | 3,339 | 79 |
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 | 564 | 367 | 53.7% |
| motor vehicle | 489 | 411 | 18.9% |
| violent | 3,339 | 3,647 | -8.4% |
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 53.7% to 564 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 18.9% to 489 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 8.4% to 3,339 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 | Wangaratta1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 564 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 489 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,339 | 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 Wangaratta was 21.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 23.6% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wangaratta.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wangaratta was 55.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 52.9% lower than the national average.
- around 14% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wangaratta.
- the rate of violent crime in Wangaratta was 16.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 18.0% higher than the national average.
- around 79% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wangaratta.