Crime Dashboard - Spotswood
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 | 10 | 727 | 63 |
| motor vehicle | 65 | 1,917 | 89 |
| violent | 23 | 2,263 | 57 |
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 | 727 | 510 | 42.4% |
| motor vehicle | 1,917 | 2,004 | -4.3% |
| violent | 2,263 | 1,431 | 58.1% |
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 42.4% to 727 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 4.3% to 1,917 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 58.1% to 2,263 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 | Spotswood1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 727 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,917 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,263 | 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 Spotswood was 0.9% higher than the Victoria average, and was 1.6% lower than the national average.
- around 63% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Spotswood.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Spotswood was 74.2% higher than the Victoria average, and was 84.9% higher than the national average.
- around 89% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Spotswood.
- the rate of violent crime in Spotswood was 21.0% lower than the Victoria average, and was 20.0% lower than the national average.
- around 57% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Spotswood.