Crime Dashboard - Morphett Vale
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 | 73 | 615 | 54 |
| motor vehicle | 164 | 1,193 | 70 |
| violent | 380 | 3,239 | 75 |
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 | 615 | 799 | -23.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,193 | 1,361 | -12.4% |
| violent | 3,239 | 4,477 | -27.7% |
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 23.0% to 615 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 12.4% to 1,193 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 27.7% to 3,239 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 | Morphett Vale1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 615 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,193 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,239 | 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 Morphett Vale was 3.4% higher than the South Australia average, and was 16.7% lower than the national average.
- around 54% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Morphett Vale.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Morphett Vale was 5.4% higher than the South Australia average, and was 15.1% higher than the national average.
- around 70% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Morphett Vale.
- the rate of violent crime in Morphett Vale was 18.2% higher than the South Australia average, and was 14.5% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Morphett Vale.