Crime Dashboard - Merredin
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-ins | 7 | 648 | 57 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 883 | 55 |
| violent | 109 | 4,941 | 88 |
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 | 648 | 835 | -22.4% |
| motor vehicle | 883 | 1,957 | -54.9% |
| violent | 4,941 | 7,915 | -37.6% |
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 22.4% to 648 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 54.9% to 883 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 37.6% to 4,941 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 | Merredin1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 648 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 883 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 4,941 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Merredin was 31.6% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 12.3% lower than the national average.
- around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Merredin.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Merredin was 38.8% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 14.8% lower than the national average.
- around 55% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Merredin.
- the rate of violent crime in Merredin was 64.0% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 74.7% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Merredin.