Crime Dashboard - Moe

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-ins691,28686
motor vehicle811,05864
violent2238,40296

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-ins1,2861,457-11.7%
motor vehicle1,0581,448-26.9%
violent8,40210,051-16.4%

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 11.7% to 1,286 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 26.9% to 1,058 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 16.4% to 8,402 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
Moe1
Vic.1
Australia1
break-ins1,286721739
motor vehicle1,0581,1001,036
violent8,4022,8652,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Moe was 78.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 74.2% higher than the national average.
  • around 86% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Moe.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Moe was 3.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 2.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 64% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Moe.
  • the rate of violent crime in Moe was 193.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 197.0% higher than the national average.
  • around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Moe.