Crime Dashboard - Avondale Heights
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-ins | 14 | 190 | 10 |
| motor vehicle | 71 | 718 | 45 |
| violent | 38 | 1,408 | 32 |
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 | 190 | 342 | -44.2% |
| motor vehicle | 718 | 716 | 0.3% |
| violent | 1,408 | 2,034 | -30.8% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 44.2% to 190 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 0.3% to 718 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 30.8% to 1,408 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 | Avondale Heights1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 190 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 718 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,408 | 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 Avondale Heights was 73.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 74.2% lower than the national average.
- around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Avondale Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Avondale Heights was 34.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 30.7% lower than the national average.
- around 45% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Avondale Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Avondale Heights was 50.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 50.2% lower than the national average.
- around 32% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Avondale Heights.