Crime Dashboard - Bendigo
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 | 33 | 1,349 | 88 |
| motor vehicle | 186 | 3,931 | 99 |
| violent | 242 | 17,326 | 99 |
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 | 1,349 | 1,764 | -23.5% |
| motor vehicle | 3,931 | 3,523 | 11.6% |
| violent | 17,326 | 14,623 | 18.5% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 23.5% to 1,349 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 11.6% to 3,931 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 18.5% to 17,326 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 | Bendigo1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,349 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,931 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 17,326 | 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 Bendigo was 87.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 82.6% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bendigo.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bendigo was 257.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 279.3% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bendigo.
- the rate of violent crime in Bendigo was 504.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 512.4% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bendigo.