Crime Dashboard - Doveton
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 | 46 | 1,139 | 82 |
| motor vehicle | 138 | 1,460 | 79 |
| violent | 179 | 6,270 | 92 |
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 | 1,139 | 989 | 15.2% |
| motor vehicle | 1,460 | 1,304 | 12.0% |
| violent | 6,270 | 5,351 | 17.2% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 15.2% to 1,139 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 12.0% to 1,460 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 17.2% to 6,270 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 | Doveton1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,139 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,460 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,270 | 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 Doveton was 58.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 54.3% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Doveton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Doveton was 32.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 40.9% higher than the national average.
- around 79% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Doveton.
- the rate of violent crime in Doveton was 118.9% higher than the Victoria average, and was 121.6% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Doveton.