Crime Dashboard - Dampier Peninsula

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-ins314,682100
motor vehicle73,49798
violent10910,09197

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-ins4,6823,29142.3%
motor vehicle3,4972,77925.8%
violent10,09110,931-7.7%

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 42.3% to 4,682 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 25.8% to 3,497 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 7.7% to 10,091 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
Dampier Peninsula1
WA1
Australia1
break-ins4,682947739
motor vehicle3,4971,4431,036
violent10,0913,0132,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Dampier Peninsula was 394.3% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 533.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dampier Peninsula.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dampier Peninsula was 142.3% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 237.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dampier Peninsula.
  • the rate of violent crime in Dampier Peninsula was 235.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 256.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dampier Peninsula.