Crime Dashboard - Elsternwick
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 | 34 | 743 | 64 |
| motor vehicle | 128 | 1,227 | 71 |
| violent | 64 | 2,177 | 55 |
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 | 743 | 734 | 1.2% |
| motor vehicle | 1,227 | 1,400 | -12.3% |
| violent | 2,177 | 1,704 | 27.8% |
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 1.2% to 743 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 12.3% to 1,227 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 27.8% to 2,177 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 | Elsternwick1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 743 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,227 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,177 | 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 Elsternwick was 3.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 0.6% higher than the national average.
- around 64% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Elsternwick.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Elsternwick was 11.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 18.4% higher than the national average.
- around 71% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Elsternwick.
- the rate of violent crime in Elsternwick was 24.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 23.0% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Elsternwick.