Crime Dashboard - Geelong
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 | 43 | 1,340 | 88 |
| motor vehicle | 170 | 2,832 | 96 |
| violent | 259 | 18,091 | 99 |
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 | 1,340 | 1,324 | 1.2% |
| motor vehicle | 2,832 | 3,262 | -13.2% |
| violent | 18,091 | 18,125 | -0.2% |
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 1,340 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 13.2% to 2,832 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.2% to 18,091 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 | Geelong1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,340 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,832 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 18,091 | 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 Geelong was 86.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 81.5% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Geelong.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Geelong was 157.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 173.3% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Geelong.
- the rate of violent crime in Geelong was 531.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 539.5% higher than the national average.
- around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Geelong.