Crime Dashboard - Airport West

Victoria • Suburb • 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-ins1130822
motor vehicle1842,16392
violent432,18555

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-ins308486-36.7%
motor vehicle2,1632,333 -7.3%
violent2,1853,233-32.4%

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:

  • break-ins decreased by 36.7% to 308 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 7.3% to 2,163 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 32.4% to 2,185 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
Airport West1
Vic.1
Australia1
break-ins308721739
motor vehicle2,1631,1001,036
violent2,1852,8652,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Airport West was 57.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 58.3% lower than the national average.
  • around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Airport West.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Airport West was 96.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 108.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Airport West.
  • the rate of violent crime in Airport West was 23.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 22.8% lower than the national average.
  • around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Airport West.