Crime Dashboard - Port Melbourne
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 | 121 | 1,352 | 88 |
| motor vehicle | 634 | 3,573 | 98 |
| violent | 163 | 3,402 | 77 |
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 | 1,352 | 1,256 | 7.6% |
| motor vehicle | 3,573 | 3,770 | -5.2% |
| violent | 3,402 | 3,177 | 7.1% |
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 7.6% to 1,352 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 5.2% to 3,573 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 7.1% to 3,402 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 Melbourne1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,352 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 3,573 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,402 | 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 Port Melbourne was 87.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 83.0% higher than the national average.
- around 88% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Port Melbourne.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Port Melbourne was 224.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 244.7% higher than the national average.
- around 98% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Port Melbourne.
- the rate of violent crime in Port Melbourne was 18.8% higher than the Victoria average, and was 20.3% higher than the national average.
- around 77% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Port Melbourne.