Crime Dashboard - Dayton
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 | 24 | 503 | 44 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 299 | 13 |
| violent | 55 | 856 | 13 |
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 | 503 | 511 | -1.5% |
| motor vehicle | 299 | 499 | -40.0% |
| violent | 856 | 1,623 | -47.3% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 1.5% to 503 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 40.0% to 299 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 47.3% to 856 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 | Dayton1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 503 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 299 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 856 | 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 Dayton was 46.9% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 31.9% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dayton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dayton was 79.3% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 71.1% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dayton.
- the rate of violent crime in Dayton was 71.6% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 69.7% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dayton.