Crime Dashboard - Mount Pleasant (Vic.)

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-ins211,85095
motor vehicle763,66198
violent233,20475

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-ins1,850919101.4%
motor vehicle3,6611,628124.8%
violent3,2043,466 -7.6%

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:

  • break-ins increased by 101.4% to 1,850 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft increased by 124.8% to 3,661 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 7.6% to 3,204 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 Pleasant (Vic.)1
Vic.1
Australia1
break-ins1,850721739
motor vehicle3,6611,1001,036
violent3,2042,8652,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Mount Pleasant (Vic.) was 156.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 150.5% higher than the national average.
  • around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Pleasant (Vic.).
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Pleasant (Vic.) was 232.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 253.2% higher than the national average.
  • around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Pleasant (Vic.).
  • the rate of violent crime in Mount Pleasant (Vic.) was 11.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 13.2% higher than the national average.
  • around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Mount Pleasant (Vic.).