Crime Dashboard - Carrum Downs
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 | 60 | 515 | 45 |
| motor vehicle | 303 | 1,300 | 74 |
| violent | 219 | 3,541 | 78 |
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 | 515 | 350 | 47.3% |
| motor vehicle | 1,300 | 1,284 | 1.2% |
| violent | 3,541 | 3,204 | 10.5% |
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 47.3% to 515 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 1.2% to 1,300 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 10.5% to 3,541 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 | Carrum Downs1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 515 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,300 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,541 | 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 Carrum Downs was 28.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 30.3% lower than the national average.
- around 45% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Carrum Downs.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Carrum Downs was 18.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 25.4% higher than the national average.
- around 74% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Carrum Downs.
- the rate of violent crime in Carrum Downs was 23.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 25.2% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Carrum Downs.