Crime Dashboard - Lower Mitcham
South 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-ins | 5 | 308 | 22 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 807 | 50 |
| violent | 5 | 437 | 3 |
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 | 308 | 476 | -35.3% |
| motor vehicle | 807 | 621 | 29.9% |
| violent | 437 | 618 | -29.2% |
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 35.3% to 308 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 29.9% to 807 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 29.2% to 437 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 | Lower Mitcham1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 308 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 807 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 437 | 2,739 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Lower Mitcham was 48.3% lower than the South Australia average, and was 58.3% lower than the national average.
- around 22% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Lower Mitcham.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Lower Mitcham was 28.6% lower than the South Australia average, and was 22.1% lower than the national average.
- around 50% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Lower Mitcham.
- the rate of violent crime in Lower Mitcham was 84.0% lower than the South Australia average, and was 84.5% lower than the national average.
- around 3% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Lower Mitcham.