Crime Dashboard - Castletown
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 | 14 | 826 | 70 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 1,494 | 80 |
| violent | 83 | 2,625 | 66 |
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 | 826 | 773 | 6.9% |
| motor vehicle | 1,494 | 590 | 153.1% |
| violent | 2,625 | 2,036 | 28.9% |
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 6.9% to 826 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 153.1% to 1,494 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 28.9% to 2,625 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 | Castletown1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 826 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,494 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,625 | 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 Castletown was 12.8% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 11.9% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Castletown.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Castletown was 3.5% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 44.1% higher than the national average.
- around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Castletown.
- the rate of violent crime in Castletown was 12.9% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 7.2% lower than the national average.
- around 66% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Castletown.