Crime Dashboard - Highton
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 | 515 | 45 |
| motor vehicle | 110 | 698 | 44 |
| violent | 76 | 1,088 | 20 |
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 | 515 | 468 | 10.0% |
| motor vehicle | 698 | 782 | -10.8% |
| violent | 1,088 | 891 | 22.1% |
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 10.0% to 515 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 10.8% to 698 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 22.1% to 1,088 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 | Highton1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 515 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 698 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,088 | 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 Highton was 28.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 30.3% lower than the national average.
- around 45% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Highton.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Highton was 36.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 32.7% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Highton.
- the rate of violent crime in Highton was 62.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 61.5% lower than the national average.
- around 20% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Highton.