Crime Dashboard - Whitehorse
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 | 794 | 909 | 72 |
| motor vehicle | 2,116 | 1,221 | 70 |
| violent | 724 | 1,563 | 15 |
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 | 909 | 665 | 36.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,221 | 1,081 | 13.0% |
| violent | 1,563 | 1,589 | -1.6% |
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 36.7% to 909 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 13.0% to 1,221 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 1.6% to 1,563 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 | Whitehorse1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 909 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,221 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,563 | 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 Whitehorse was 26.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 23.1% higher than the national average.
- around 72% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Whitehorse.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Whitehorse was 11.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 17.9% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Whitehorse.
- the rate of violent crime in Whitehorse was 45.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 44.7% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Whitehorse.