Crime Dashboard - Ballan
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 | 8 | 597 | 53 |
| motor vehicle | 19 | 1,035 | 63 |
| violent | 14 | 1,729 | 43 |
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 | 597 | 687 | -13.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,035 | 971 | 6.6% |
| violent | 1,729 | 1,217 | 42.0% |
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 13.1% to 597 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 6.6% to 1,035 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 42.0% to 1,729 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 | Ballan1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 597 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,035 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,729 | 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 Ballan was 17.1% lower than the Victoria average, and was 19.2% lower than the national average.
- around 53% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ballan.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ballan was 5.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 0.1% lower than the national average.
- around 63% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ballan.
- the rate of violent crime in Ballan was 39.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 38.9% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ballan.