Crime Dashboard - Essendon
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 | 58 | 437 | 37 |
| motor vehicle | 288 | 1,387 | 77 |
| violent | 87 | 1,686 | 42 |
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 | 437 | 530 | -17.5% |
| motor vehicle | 1,387 | 1,883 | -26.3% |
| violent | 1,686 | 1,925 | -12.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 17.5% to 437 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 26.3% to 1,387 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 12.4% to 1,686 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 | Essendon1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 437 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,387 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,686 | 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 Essendon was 39.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 40.8% lower than the national average.
- around 37% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Essendon.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Essendon was 26.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 33.8% higher than the national average.
- around 77% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Essendon.
- the rate of violent crime in Essendon was 41.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 40.4% lower than the national average.
- around 42% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Essendon.