Crime Dashboard - Upper Ferntree Gully
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 | 2 | 273 | 18 |
| motor vehicle | 29 | 831 | 52 |
| violent | 20 | 2,095 | 53 |
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 | 273 | 603 | -54.8% |
| motor vehicle | 831 | 1,231 | -32.5% |
| violent | 2,095 | 1,763 | 18.8% |
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 54.8% to 273 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 32.5% to 831 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 18.8% to 2,095 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 | Upper Ferntree Gully1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 273 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 831 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,095 | 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 Upper Ferntree Gully was 62.1% lower than the Victoria average, and was 63.1% lower than the national average.
- around 18% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Upper Ferntree Gully.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Upper Ferntree Gully was 24.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 19.8% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Upper Ferntree Gully.
- the rate of violent crime in Upper Ferntree Gully was 26.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 25.9% lower than the national average.
- around 53% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Upper Ferntree Gully.