Crime Dashboard - Neerim South
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 | 4 | 444 | 38 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 248 | 9 |
| violent | 13 | 2,964 | 72 |
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 | 444 | 541 | -17.8% |
| motor vehicle | 248 | 607 | -59.1% |
| violent | 2,964 | 2,848 | 4.1% |
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 17.8% to 444 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 59.1% to 248 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 4.1% to 2,964 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 | Neerim South1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 444 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 248 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,964 | 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 Neerim South was 38.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 39.8% lower than the national average.
- around 38% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Neerim South.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Neerim South was 77.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 76.0% lower than the national average.
- around 9% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Neerim South.
- the rate of violent crime in Neerim South was 3.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 4.8% higher than the national average.
- around 72% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Neerim South.