Crime Dashboard - Glen Waverley
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 | 270 | 1,301 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 363 | 937 | 58 |
| violent | 165 | 1,465 | 34 |
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 | 1,301 | 683 | 90.3% |
| motor vehicle | 937 | 1,002 | -6.4% |
| violent | 1,465 | 1,774 | -17.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 90.3% to 1,301 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 6.4% to 937 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 17.4% to 1,465 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 | Glen Waverley1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,301 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 937 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,465 | 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 Glen Waverley was 80.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 76.1% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Glen Waverley.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Glen Waverley was 14.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 9.5% lower than the national average.
- around 58% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Glen Waverley.
- the rate of violent crime in Glen Waverley was 48.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 48.2% lower than the national average.
- around 34% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Glen Waverley.