Crime Dashboard - Heidelberg
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 | 37 | 834 | 70 |
| motor vehicle | 95 | 1,124 | 67 |
| violent | 101 | 5,108 | 89 |
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 | 834 | 833 | 0.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,124 | 1,273 | -11.7% |
| violent | 5,108 | 4,951 | 3.2% |
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 0.1% to 834 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 11.7% to 1,124 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.2% to 5,108 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 | Heidelberg1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 834 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,124 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 5,108 | 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 Heidelberg was 15.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 12.9% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Heidelberg.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Heidelberg was 2.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 8.5% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Heidelberg.
- the rate of violent crime in Heidelberg was 78.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 80.6% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Heidelberg.