Crime Dashboard - Palmerston (ACT)
Australian Capital Territory • 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 | 952 | 76 |
| motor vehicle | 3 | 653 | 40 |
| violent | 48 | 2,543 | 64 |
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 | 952 | 601 | 58.4% |
| motor vehicle | 653 | 505 | 29.5% |
| violent | 2,543 | 1,819 | 39.8% |
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 58.4% to 952 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 29.5% to 653 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 39.8% to 2,543 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 | Palmerston (ACT)1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 952 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 653 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,543 | 2,574 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Palmerston (ACT) was 2.7% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 28.8% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Palmerston (ACT).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Palmerston (ACT) was 52.0% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 37.0% lower than the national average.
- around 40% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Palmerston (ACT).
- the rate of violent crime in Palmerston (ACT) was 1.2% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 10.1% lower than the national average.
- around 64% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Palmerston (ACT).