Crime Dashboard - Bayswater (Vic.)

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-ins5282369
motor vehicle11494458
violent1033,27475

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-ins823833 -1.3%
motor vehicle9441,297-27.2%
violent3,2743,111 5.2%

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 1.3% to 823 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 27.2% to 944 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 5.2% to 3,274 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
Bayswater (Vic.)1
Vic.1
Australia1
break-ins823721739
motor vehicle9441,1001,036
violent3,2742,8652,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Bayswater (Vic.) was 14.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 11.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 69% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bayswater (Vic.).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bayswater (Vic.) was 14.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 8.9% lower than the national average.
  • around 58% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bayswater (Vic.).
  • the rate of violent crime in Bayswater (Vic.) was 14.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 15.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bayswater (Vic.).