Crime Dashboard - Brighton 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 | 72 | 821 | 69 |
| motor vehicle | 127 | 1,065 | 64 |
| violent | 48 | 1,117 | 22 |
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 | 821 | 609 | 34.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,065 | 1,216 | -12.5% |
| violent | 1,117 | 1,046 | 6.8% |
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 34.8% to 821 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 12.5% to 1,065 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 6.8% to 1,117 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 | Brighton East1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 821 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,065 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,117 | 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 Brighton East was 14.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 11.2% higher than the national average.
- around 69% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Brighton East.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Brighton East was 3.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 2.7% higher than the national average.
- around 64% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Brighton East.
- the rate of violent crime in Brighton East was 61.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 60.5% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Brighton East.