Crime Dashboard - Footscray
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 | 156 | 1,460 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 585 | 2,780 | 96 |
| violent | 388 | 7,038 | 94 |
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 | 1,460 | 1,579 | -7.5% |
| motor vehicle | 2,780 | 3,570 | -22.1% |
| violent | 7,038 | 5,437 | 29.5% |
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 7.5% to 1,460 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 22.1% to 2,780 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 29.5% to 7,038 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 | Footscray1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,460 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,780 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 7,038 | 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 Footscray was 102.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 97.7% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Footscray.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Footscray was 152.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 168.2% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Footscray.
- the rate of violent crime in Footscray was 145.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 148.8% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Footscray.