Crime Dashboard - Mentone
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 | 41 | 616 | 54 |
| motor vehicle | 112 | 1,009 | 61 |
| violent | 67 | 1,961 | 50 |
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 | 616 | 598 | 3.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,009 | 1,187 | -15.0% |
| violent | 1,961 | 1,889 | 3.8% |
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 3.0% to 616 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 15.0% to 1,009 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.8% to 1,961 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 | Mentone1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 616 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,009 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,961 | 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 Mentone was 14.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 16.6% lower than the national average.
- around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mentone.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mentone was 8.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 2.7% lower than the national average.
- around 61% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mentone.
- the rate of violent crime in Mentone was 31.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 30.7% lower than the national average.
- around 50% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mentone.