Crime Dashboard - Burswood
Western Australia • 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 | 25 | 1,695 | 94 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 4,551 | 99 |
| violent | 244 | 8,471 | 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 | 1,695 | 1,539 | 10.1% |
| motor vehicle | 4,551 | 7,372 | -38.3% |
| violent | 8,471 | 13,352 | -36.6% |
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 10.1% to 1,695 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 38.3% to 4,551 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 36.6% to 8,471 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 | Burswood1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,695 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 4,551 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 8,471 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Burswood was 79.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 129.5% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Burswood.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Burswood was 215.4% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 339.1% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Burswood.
- the rate of violent crime in Burswood was 181.2% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 199.4% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Burswood.