Crime Dashboard - Dandenong
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 | 231 | 1,449 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 1,040 | 3,394 | 98 |
| violent | 787 | 9,851 | 97 |
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 | 1,449 | 1,327 | 9.2% |
| motor vehicle | 3,394 | 3,352 | 1.3% |
| violent | 9,851 | 9,583 | 2.8% |
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 9.2% to 1,449 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 1.3% to 3,394 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.8% to 9,851 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 | Dandenong1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,449 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,394 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 9,851 | 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 Dandenong was 101.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 96.2% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dandenong.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dandenong was 208.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 227.5% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dandenong.
- the rate of violent crime in Dandenong was 243.9% higher than the Victoria average, and was 248.2% higher than the national average.
- around 97% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dandenong.