Crime Dashboard - Ashfield (WA)
Western Australia • 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 | 11 | 1,163 | 83 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 2,297 | 93 |
| violent | 51 | 5,061 | 89 |
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 | 1,163 | 911 | 27.6% |
| motor vehicle | 2,297 | 1,691 | 35.8% |
| violent | 5,061 | 6,533 | -22.5% |
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 27.6% to 1,163 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 35.8% to 2,297 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 22.5% to 5,061 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 | Ashfield (WA)1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,163 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,297 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,061 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Ashfield (WA) was 22.8% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 57.5% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ashfield (WA).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ashfield (WA) was 59.2% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 121.6% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ashfield (WA).
- the rate of violent crime in Ashfield (WA) was 68.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 78.9% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ashfield (WA).