Crime Dashboard - Modbury Heights
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 | 7 | 232 | 13 |
| motor vehicle | 24 | 589 | 35 |
| violent | 41 | 1,101 | 21 |
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 | 232 | 214 | 8.3% |
| motor vehicle | 589 | 517 | 13.9% |
| violent | 1,101 | 1,455 | -24.3% |
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 8.3% to 232 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 13.9% to 589 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 24.3% to 1,101 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 | Modbury Heights1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 232 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 589 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,101 | 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 Modbury Heights was 61.0% lower than the South Australia average, and was 68.6% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Modbury Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Modbury Heights was 48.0% lower than the South Australia average, and was 43.2% lower than the national average.
- around 35% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Modbury Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Modbury Heights was 59.8% lower than the South Australia average, and was 61.1% lower than the national average.
- around 21% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Modbury Heights.