Crime Dashboard - Smythes Creek
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 | 15 | 1,151 | 83 |
| motor vehicle | 23 | 1,287 | 73 |
| violent | 9 | 1,661 | 41 |
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 | 1,151 | 1,046 | 10.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,287 | 1,553 | -17.1% |
| violent | 1,661 | 1,677 | -0.9% |
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 10.0% to 1,151 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 17.1% to 1,287 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.9% to 1,661 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 | Smythes Creek1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,151 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,287 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,661 | 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 Smythes Creek was 59.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 55.8% higher than the national average.
- around 83% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Smythes Creek.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Smythes Creek was 17.0% higher than the Victoria average, and was 24.2% higher than the national average.
- around 73% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Smythes Creek.
- the rate of violent crime in Smythes Creek was 42.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 41.3% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Smythes Creek.