Crime Dashboard - Shoalwater (WA)
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 | 25 | 948 | 76 |
| motor vehicle | 6 | 1,114 | 67 |
| violent | 94 | 1,742 | 43 |
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 | 948 | 940 | 0.8% |
| motor vehicle | 1,114 | 1,085 | 2.7% |
| violent | 1,742 | 2,732 | -36.2% |
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 0.8% to 948 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 2.7% to 1,114 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 36.2% to 1,742 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 | Shoalwater (WA)1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 948 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,114 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,742 | 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 Shoalwater (WA) was 0.1% higher than the Western Australia average, and was 28.4% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Shoalwater (WA).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Shoalwater (WA) was 22.8% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 7.5% higher than the national average.
- around 67% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Shoalwater (WA).
- the rate of violent crime in Shoalwater (WA) was 42.2% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 38.4% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Shoalwater (WA).