Crime Dashboard - Blackburn North
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 | 35 | 775 | 66 |
| motor vehicle | 83 | 1,191 | 70 |
| violent | 21 | 1,252 | 26 |
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 | 775 | 423 | 83.5% |
| motor vehicle | 1,191 | 1,107 | 7.6% |
| violent | 1,252 | 1,355 | -7.6% |
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 83.5% to 775 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 7.6% to 1,191 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 7.6% to 1,252 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 | Blackburn North1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 775 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,191 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,252 | 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 North was 7.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 4.9% higher than the national average.
- around 66% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blackburn North.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blackburn North was 8.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 14.9% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blackburn North.
- the rate of violent crime in Blackburn North was 56.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 55.8% lower than the national average.
- around 26% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blackburn North.