Crime Dashboard - South Yarra
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 | 230 | 1,510 | 91 |
| motor vehicle | 514 | 1,923 | 89 |
| violent | 275 | 3,592 | 79 |
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 | 1,510 | 1,301 | 16.1% |
| motor vehicle | 1,923 | 2,446 | -21.4% |
| violent | 3,592 | 3,468 | 3.6% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 16.1% to 1,510 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 21.4% to 1,923 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 3.6% to 3,592 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 | South Yarra1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,510 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,923 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 3,592 | 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 South Yarra was 109.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 104.4% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than South Yarra.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in South Yarra was 74.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 85.5% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than South Yarra.
- the rate of violent crime in South Yarra was 25.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 27.0% higher than the national average.
- around 79% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than South Yarra.