Crime Dashboard - Dickson
Australian Capital Territory • 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 | 12 | 1,653 | 93 |
| motor vehicle | 12 | 2,480 | 95 |
| violent | 63 | 5,138 | 89 |
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 | 1,653 | 1,513 | 9.3% |
| motor vehicle | 2,480 | 3,316 | -25.2% |
| violent | 5,138 | 5,318 | -3.4% |
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 9.3% to 1,653 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 25.2% to 2,480 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 3.4% to 5,138 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 | Dickson1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,653 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,480 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,138 | 2,574 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Dickson was 68.9% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 123.8% higher than the national average.
- around 93% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dickson.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dickson was 82.2% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 139.3% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dickson.
- the rate of violent crime in Dickson was 99.6% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 81.6% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dickson.