Crime Dashboard - Northam
Western 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 | 47 | 1,851 | 95 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 1,928 | 89 |
| violent | 595 | 8,544 | 96 |
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 | 1,851 | 1,491 | 24.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,928 | 1,702 | 13.3% |
| violent | 8,544 | 11,125 | -23.2% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 24.1% to 1,851 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 13.3% to 1,928 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 23.2% to 8,544 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 | Northam1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,851 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,928 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 8,544 | 3,013 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Northam was 95.4% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 150.6% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Northam.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Northam was 33.6% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 86.1% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Northam.
- the rate of violent crime in Northam was 183.6% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 202.0% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Northam.