Crime Dashboard - Blackburn
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 | 69 | 981 | 78 |
| motor vehicle | 192 | 1,390 | 77 |
| violent | 65 | 1,664 | 41 |
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 | 981 | 663 | 48.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,390 | 1,069 | 30.1% |
| violent | 1,664 | 1,394 | 19.3% |
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 48.0% to 981 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 30.1% to 1,390 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 19.3% to 1,664 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 | Blackburn1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 981 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,390 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,664 | 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 Blackburn was 36.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 32.8% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blackburn.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blackburn was 26.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 34.1% higher than the national average.
- around 77% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blackburn.
- the rate of violent crime in Blackburn was 41.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 41.2% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blackburn.