Crime Dashboard - Seaford (Vic.)
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 | 163 | 1,437 | 90 |
| motor vehicle | 349 | 1,973 | 89 |
| violent | 174 | 3,967 | 83 |
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 | 1,437 | 525 | 173.6% |
| motor vehicle | 1,973 | 1,537 | 28.4% |
| violent | 3,967 | 3,480 | 14.0% |
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 173.6% to 1,437 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 28.4% to 1,973 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 14.0% to 3,967 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 | Seaford (Vic.)1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,437 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,973 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,967 | 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 Seaford (Vic.) was 99.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 94.6% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Seaford (Vic.).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Seaford (Vic.) was 79.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 90.3% higher than the national average.
- around 90% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Seaford (Vic.).
- the rate of violent crime in Seaford (Vic.) was 38.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 40.2% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Seaford (Vic.).