Crime Dashboard - Bentleigh East
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 | 113 | 672 | 59 |
| motor vehicle | 235 | 896 | 55 |
| violent | 95 | 1,193 | 24 |
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 | 672 | 457 | 47.1% |
| motor vehicle | 896 | 1,052 | -14.8% |
| violent | 1,193 | 1,155 | 3.2% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 47.1% to 672 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 14.8% to 896 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.2% to 1,193 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 | Bentleigh East1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 672 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 896 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,193 | 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 Bentleigh East was 6.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 9.1% lower than the national average.
- around 59% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Bentleigh East.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Bentleigh East was 18.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 13.6% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Bentleigh East.
- the rate of violent crime in Bentleigh East was 58.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 57.8% lower than the national average.
- around 24% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Bentleigh East.