Crime Dashboard - Mount Waverley
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 | 173 | 987 | 78 |
| motor vehicle | 363 | 1,258 | 72 |
| violent | 133 | 1,386 | 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 | 987 | 650 | 51.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,258 | 1,229 | 2.4% |
| violent | 1,386 | 1,439 | -3.7% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 51.8% to 987 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 2.4% to 1,258 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 3.7% to 1,386 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 Waverley1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 987 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,258 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,386 | 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 Waverley was 37.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 33.7% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Mount Waverley.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Mount Waverley was 14.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 21.4% higher than the national average.
- around 72% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Mount Waverley.
- the rate of violent crime in Mount Waverley 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 Waverley.