Crime Dashboard - Latham (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 | 2 | 760 | 65 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 876 | 55 |
| violent | 17 | 1,667 | 41 |
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 | 760 | 694 | 9.4% |
| motor vehicle | 876 | 687 | 27.5% |
| violent | 1,667 | 2,798 | -40.4% |
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 9.4% to 760 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 27.5% to 876 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 40.4% to 1,667 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 | Latham (ACT)1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 760 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 876 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,667 | 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 Latham (ACT) was 22.4% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 2.8% higher than the national average.
- around 65% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Latham (ACT).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Latham (ACT) was 35.6% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 15.4% lower than the national average.
- around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Latham (ACT).
- the rate of violent crime in Latham (ACT) was 35.2% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 41.1% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Latham (ACT).