Crime Dashboard - Heywood
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 | 3 | 175 | 8 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 228 | 7 |
| violent | 19 | 3,269 | 75 |
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 | 175 | 475 | -63.1% |
| motor vehicle | 228 | 533 | -57.2% |
| violent | 3,269 | 4,132 | -20.9% |
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 63.1% to 175 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 57.2% to 228 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 20.9% to 3,269 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 | Heywood1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 175 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 228 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,269 | 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 Heywood was 75.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 76.3% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Heywood.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Heywood was 79.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 78.0% lower than the national average.
- around 7% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Heywood.
- the rate of violent crime in Heywood was 14.1% higher than the Victoria average, and was 15.6% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Heywood.