Crime Dashboard - Pakenham Upper
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 | 7 | 687 | 60 |
| motor vehicle | 4 | 288 | 12 |
| violent | 6 | 1,606 | 39 |
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 | 687 | 503 | 36.8% |
| motor vehicle | 288 | 395 | -26.9% |
| violent | 1,606 | 1,289 | 24.6% |
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 36.8% to 687 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 26.9% to 288 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 24.6% to 1,606 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 | Pakenham Upper1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 687 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 288 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,606 | 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 Pakenham Upper was 4.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 6.9% lower than the national average.
- around 60% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Pakenham Upper.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Pakenham Upper was 73.8% lower than the Victoria average, and was 72.2% lower than the national average.
- around 12% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Pakenham Upper.
- the rate of violent crime in Pakenham Upper was 44.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 43.2% lower than the national average.
- around 39% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Pakenham Upper.