Crime Dashboard - Spence (ACT)
Australian Capital Territory • 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 | 13 | 1,593 | 92 |
| motor vehicle | 7 | 1,414 | 78 |
| violent | 17 | 1,721 | 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 | 1,593 | 1,306 | 22.0% |
| motor vehicle | 1,414 | 822 | 72.0% |
| violent | 1,721 | 1,432 | 20.1% |
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 22.0% to 1,593 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 72.0% to 1,414 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 20.1% to 1,721 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 | Spence (ACT)1 | ACT1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,593 | 978 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,414 | 1,361 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,721 | 2,574 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Spence (ACT) was 62.8% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 115.6% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Spence (ACT).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Spence (ACT) was 3.9% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 36.5% higher than the national average.
- around 78% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Spence (ACT).
- the rate of violent crime in Spence (ACT) was 33.1% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 39.2% lower than the national average.
- around 43% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Spence (ACT).