Crime Dashboard - Mount Dandenong
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 | 7 | 1,320 | 87 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 277 | 11 |
| violent | 3 | 1,387 | 31 |
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 | 1,320 | 1,908 | -30.8% |
| motor vehicle | 277 | 1,188 | -76.7% |
| violent | 1,387 | 2,142 | -35.2% |
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 30.8% to 1,320 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 76.7% to 277 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 35.2% to 1,387 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 | Mount Dandenong1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,320 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 277 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,387 | 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 Mount Dandenong was 83.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 78.7% higher than the national average.
- around 87% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Dandenong.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Dandenong was 74.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 73.3% lower than the national average.
- around 11% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Dandenong.
- the rate of violent crime in Mount Dandenong was 51.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 51.0% lower than the national average.
- around 31% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mount Dandenong.