Crime Dashboard - Amaroo (ACT)
Australian Capital Territory • 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-ins | 5 | 511 | 44 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 1,187 | 70 |
| violent | 40 | 2,094 | 53 |
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 | 511 | 427 | 19.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,187 | 730 | 62.7% |
| violent | 2,094 | 2,322 | -9.8% |
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 19.7% to 511 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 62.7% to 1,187 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 9.8% to 2,094 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 | Amaroo (ACT)1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 511 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,187 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,094 | 2,574 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Amaroo (ACT) was 47.8% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 30.8% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Amaroo (ACT).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Amaroo (ACT) was 12.8% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 14.6% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Amaroo (ACT).
- the rate of violent crime in Amaroo (ACT) was 18.6% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 26.0% lower than the national average.
- around 53% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Amaroo (ACT).