Crime Dashboard - Kewdale

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-ins421,48490
motor vehicle231,99290
violent1892,09953

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-ins1,4841,189 24.8%
motor vehicle1,9922,175 -8.4%
violent2,0992,592-19.0%

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 24.8% to 1,484 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 8.4% to 1,992 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 19.0% to 2,099 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
Kewdale1
WA1
Australia1
break-ins1,484947739
motor vehicle1,9921,4431,036
violent2,0993,0132,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Kewdale was 56.7% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 100.9% higher than the national average.
  • around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Kewdale.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Kewdale was 38.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 92.2% higher than the national average.
  • around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Kewdale.
  • the rate of violent crime in Kewdale was 30.3% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 25.8% lower than the national average.
  • around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Kewdale.