Crime Dashboard - Hughes (ACT)
Australian Capital Territory • 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 | 7 | 1,049 | 80 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 660 | 41 |
| violent | 7 | 826 | 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 | 1,049 | 988 | 6.2% |
| motor vehicle | 660 | 806 | -18.0% |
| violent | 826 | 765 | 7.9% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 6.2% to 1,049 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 18.0% to 660 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 7.9% to 826 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 | Hughes (ACT)1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,049 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 660 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 826 | 2,574 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Hughes (ACT) was 7.2% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 42.1% higher than the national average.
- around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Hughes (ACT).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Hughes (ACT) was 51.5% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 36.3% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Hughes (ACT).
- the rate of violent crime in Hughes (ACT) was 67.9% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 70.8% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Hughes (ACT).