Crime Dashboard - Dover Gardens
South 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 | 8 | 505 | 44 |
| motor vehicle | 19 | 806 | 50 |
| violent | 56 | 2,918 | 71 |
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 | 505 | 968 | -47.9% |
| motor vehicle | 806 | 876 | -8.0% |
| violent | 2,918 | 3,481 | -16.2% |
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 47.9% to 505 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 8.0% to 806 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 16.2% to 2,918 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 | Dover Gardens1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 505 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 806 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,918 | 2,739 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Dover Gardens was 15.2% lower than the South Australia average, and was 31.6% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Dover Gardens.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Dover Gardens was 28.7% lower than the South Australia average, and was 22.2% lower than the national average.
- around 50% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Dover Gardens.
- the rate of violent crime in Dover Gardens was 6.5% higher than the South Australia average, and was 3.2% higher than the national average.
- around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Dover Gardens.