Crime Dashboard - Port Hedland
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 | 28 | 1,446 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 3,684 | 98 |
| violent | 101 | 2,577 | 65 |
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 | 1,446 | 1,367 | 5.8% |
| motor vehicle | 3,684 | 7,918 | -53.5% |
| violent | 2,577 | 4,206 | -38.7% |
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 5.8% to 1,446 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 53.5% to 3,684 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 38.7% to 2,577 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 | Port Hedland1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,446 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,684 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,577 | 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 Port Hedland was 52.7% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 95.8% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Port Hedland.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Port Hedland was 155.3% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 255.4% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Port Hedland.
- the rate of violent crime in Port Hedland was 14.5% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 8.9% lower than the national average.
- around 65% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Port Hedland.