Crime Dashboard - Breakwater
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 | 7 | 791 | 67 |
| motor vehicle | 26 | 3,044 | 97 |
| violent | 25 | 8,502 | 96 |
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 | 791 | 1,267 | -37.6% |
| motor vehicle | 3,044 | 2,187 | 39.2% |
| violent | 8,502 | 7,940 | 7.1% |
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 37.6% to 791 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 39.2% to 3,044 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 7.1% to 8,502 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 | Breakwater1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 791 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,044 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 8,502 | 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 Breakwater was 9.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 7.2% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Breakwater.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Breakwater was 176.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 193.7% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Breakwater.
- the rate of violent crime in Breakwater was 196.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 200.5% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Breakwater.