Crime Dashboard - Balwyn North
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 | 94 | 1,229 | 85 |
| motor vehicle | 109 | 558 | 33 |
| violent | 45 | 804 | 11 |
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 | 1,229 | 686 | 79.2% |
| motor vehicle | 558 | 718 | -22.3% |
| violent | 804 | 856 | -6.1% |
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 79.2% to 1,229 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 22.3% to 558 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 6.1% to 804 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 | Balwyn North1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,229 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 558 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 804 | 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 North was 70.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 66.4% higher than the national average.
- around 85% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Balwyn North.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Balwyn North was 49.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 46.2% lower than the national average.
- around 33% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Balwyn North.
- the rate of violent crime in Balwyn North was 71.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 71.6% lower than the national average.
- around 11% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Balwyn North.