Crime Dashboard - Brunswick West
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 | 82 | 918 | 75 |
| motor vehicle | 283 | 1,745 | 86 |
| violent | 91 | 2,460 | 62 |
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 | 918 | 927 | -1.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,745 | 2,095 | -16.7% |
| violent | 2,460 | 2,131 | 15.4% |
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 1.0% to 918 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 16.7% to 1,745 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 15.4% to 2,460 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 | Brunswick West1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 918 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,745 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,460 | 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 Brunswick West was 27.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 24.3% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Brunswick West.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Brunswick West was 58.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 68.4% higher than the national average.
- around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Brunswick West.
- the rate of violent crime in Brunswick West was 14.1% lower than the Victoria average, and was 13.0% lower than the national average.
- around 62% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Brunswick West.