Crime Dashboard - Balwyn
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 | 65 | 1,290 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 86 | 672 | 42 |
| violent | 44 | 1,295 | 28 |
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 | 1,290 | 920 | 40.1% |
| motor vehicle | 672 | 719 | -6.6% |
| violent | 1,295 | 1,107 | 17.0% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 40.1% to 1,290 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 6.6% to 672 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 17.0% to 1,295 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 | Balwyn1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,290 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 672 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,295 | 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 Balwyn was 79.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 74.6% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balwyn.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balwyn was 39.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 35.2% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balwyn.
- the rate of violent crime in Balwyn was 54.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 54.2% lower than the national average.
- around 28% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balwyn.