Crime Dashboard - Ferntree Gully
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 | 77 | 618 | 55 |
| motor vehicle | 234 | 861 | 54 |
| violent | 154 | 2,302 | 58 |
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 | 618 | 569 | 8.6% |
| motor vehicle | 861 | 1,060 | -18.7% |
| violent | 2,302 | 2,255 | 2.1% |
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 8.6% to 618 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 18.7% to 861 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 2.1% to 2,302 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 | Ferntree Gully1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 618 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 861 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,302 | 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 Ferntree Gully was 14.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 16.3% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Ferntree Gully.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Ferntree Gully was 21.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 16.9% lower than the national average.
- around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Ferntree Gully.
- the rate of violent crime in Ferntree Gully was 19.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 18.6% lower than the national average.
- around 58% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Ferntree Gully.