Crime Dashboard - Sorrento (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 | 12 | 375 | 30 |
| motor vehicle | 4 | 506 | 29 |
| violent | 40 | 478 | 3 |
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 | 375 | 410 | -8.6% |
| motor vehicle | 506 | 760 | -33.4% |
| violent | 478 | 588 | -18.6% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 8.6% to 375 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 33.4% to 506 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 18.6% to 478 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 | Sorrento (WA)1 | WA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 375 | 947 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 506 | 1,443 | 1,036 |
| violent | 478 | 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 Sorrento (WA) was 60.4% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 49.3% lower than the national average.
- around 30% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Sorrento (WA).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Sorrento (WA) was 64.9% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 51.1% lower than the national average.
- around 29% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Sorrento (WA).
- the rate of violent crime in Sorrento (WA) was 84.1% lower than the Western Australia average, and was 83.1% lower than the national average.
- around 3% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Sorrento (WA).