Crime Dashboard - Northcote
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 | 95 | 796 | 67 |
| motor vehicle | 415 | 1,629 | 83 |
| violent | 93 | 1,466 | 34 |
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 | 796 | 678 | 17.5% |
| motor vehicle | 1,629 | 1,693 | -3.8% |
| violent | 1,466 | 1,555 | -5.7% |
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 17.5% to 796 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 3.8% to 1,629 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 5.7% to 1,466 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 | Northcote1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 796 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,629 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,466 | 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 Northcote was 10.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 7.8% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Northcote.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Northcote was 48.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 57.2% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Northcote.
- the rate of violent crime in Northcote was 48.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 48.2% lower than the national average.
- around 34% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Northcote.