Crime Dashboard - Colac
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 | 36 | 834 | 70 |
| motor vehicle | 37 | 390 | 20 |
| violent | 146 | 5,722 | 91 |
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 | 834 | 834 | 0.0% |
| motor vehicle | 390 | 624 | -37.5% |
| violent | 5,722 | 5,856 | -2.3% |
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 0.0% to 834 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 37.5% to 390 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 2.3% to 5,722 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 | Colac1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 834 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 390 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,722 | 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 Colac was 15.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 13.0% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Colac.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Colac was 64.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 62.4% lower than the national average.
- around 20% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Colac.
- the rate of violent crime in Colac was 99.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 102.3% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Colac.