Crime Dashboard - Pegs Creek

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-ins353,90899
motor vehicle11,66383
violent31112,92099

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-ins3,9082,589 51.0%
motor vehicle1,6632,987-44.3%
violent12,92010,590 22.0%

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 51.0% to 3,908 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 44.3% to 1,663 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime increased by 22.0% to 12,920 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
Pegs Creek1
WA1
Australia1
break-ins3,908947739
motor vehicle1,6631,4431,036
violent12,9203,0132,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Pegs Creek was 312.6% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 429.1% higher than the national average.
  • around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Pegs Creek.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Pegs Creek was 15.2% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 60.4% higher than the national average.
  • around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Pegs Creek.
  • the rate of violent crime in Pegs Creek was 328.9% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 356.7% higher than the national average.
  • around 99% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Pegs Creek.