Crime Dashboard - Gwelup
Western Australia • 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 | 12 | 427 | 36 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 420 | 22 |
| violent | 35 | 821 | 12 |
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 | 427 | 388 | 10.1% |
| motor vehicle | 420 | 146 | 187.1% |
| violent | 821 | 1,557 | -47.3% |
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 10.1% to 427 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 187.1% to 420 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 47.3% to 821 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 | Gwelup1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 427 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 420 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 821 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Gwelup was 54.9% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 42.1% lower than the national average.
- around 36% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Gwelup.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Gwelup was 70.9% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 59.5% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Gwelup.
- the rate of violent crime in Gwelup was 72.8% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 71.0% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Gwelup.