Crime Dashboard - Cheltenham (Vic.)
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 | 89 | 616 | 54 |
| motor vehicle | 265 | 1,145 | 68 |
| violent | 165 | 2,682 | 67 |
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 | 616 | 455 | 35.3% |
| motor vehicle | 1,145 | 980 | 16.9% |
| violent | 2,682 | 2,198 | 22.0% |
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 35.3% to 616 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 16.9% to 1,145 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 22.0% to 2,682 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 | Cheltenham (Vic.)1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 616 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,145 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,682 | 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 Cheltenham (Vic.) was 14.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 16.6% lower than the national average.
- around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Cheltenham (Vic.).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Cheltenham (Vic.) was 4.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 10.5% higher than the national average.
- around 68% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Cheltenham (Vic.).
- the rate of violent crime in Cheltenham (Vic.) was 6.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 5.2% lower than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Cheltenham (Vic.).