Crime Dashboard - Maidstone
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 | 38 | 769 | 66 |
| motor vehicle | 221 | 2,385 | 94 |
| violent | 63 | 2,234 | 56 |
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 | 769 | 1,608 | -52.1% |
| motor vehicle | 2,385 | 3,673 | -35.1% |
| violent | 2,234 | 1,948 | 14.7% |
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 52.1% to 769 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 35.1% to 2,385 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 14.7% to 2,234 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 | Maidstone1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 769 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,385 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,234 | 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 Maidstone was 6.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 4.2% higher than the national average.
- around 66% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Maidstone.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Maidstone was 116.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 130.1% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Maidstone.
- the rate of violent crime in Maidstone was 22.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 21.0% lower than the national average.
- around 56% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Maidstone.