Crime Dashboard - Foster
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 | 2 | 257 | 16 |
| motor vehicle | 7 | 317 | 14 |
| violent | 20 | 3,077 | 73 |
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 | 257 | 662 | -61.1% |
| motor vehicle | 317 | 236 | 34.1% |
| violent | 3,077 | 1,833 | 67.9% |
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 61.1% to 257 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 34.1% to 317 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 67.9% to 3,077 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 | Foster1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 257 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 317 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,077 | 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 Foster was 64.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 65.2% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Foster.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Foster was 71.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 69.4% lower than the national average.
- around 14% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Foster.
- the rate of violent crime in Foster was 7.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 8.8% higher than the national average.
- around 73% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Foster.