Crime Dashboard - Bayswater (WA)

Western Australia • 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-ins711,15383
motor vehicle362,23393
violent3221,96850

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-ins1,1531,022 12.9%
motor vehicle2,2332,262 -1.3%
violent1,9682,475-20.5%

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 12.9% to 1,153 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 1.3% to 2,233 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 20.5% to 1,968 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 (WA)1
WA1
Australia1
break-ins1,153947739
motor vehicle2,2331,4431,036
violent1,9683,0132,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Bayswater (WA) was 21.7% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 56.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bayswater (WA).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bayswater (WA) was 54.7% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 115.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bayswater (WA).
  • the rate of violent crime in Bayswater (WA) was 34.7% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 30.4% lower than the national average.
  • around 50% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bayswater (WA).