Crime Dashboard - Busselton
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 | 16 | 1,453 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 15 | 4,335 | 99 |
| violent | 229 | 12,739 | 99 |
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 | 1,453 | 2,179 | -33.3% |
| motor vehicle | 4,335 | 4,287 | 1.1% |
| violent | 12,739 | 16,594 | -23.2% |
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 33.3% to 1,453 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 1.1% to 4,335 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 23.2% to 12,739 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 | Busselton1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,453 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 4,335 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 12,739 | 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 Busselton was 53.4% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 96.7% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Busselton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Busselton was 200.4% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 318.3% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Busselton.
- the rate of violent crime in Busselton was 322.9% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 350.3% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Busselton.