Crime Dashboard - Wandana Heights
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 | 15 | 1,488 | 91 |
| motor vehicle | 13 | 782 | 49 |
| violent | 6 | 1,011 | 17 |
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 | 1,488 | 716 | 107.9% |
| motor vehicle | 782 | 1,262 | -38.1% |
| violent | 1,011 | 530 | 90.8% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 107.9% to 1,488 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 38.1% to 782 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 90.8% to 1,011 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 | Wandana Heights1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,488 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 782 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,011 | 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 Wandana Heights was 106.5% higher than the Victoria average, and was 101.4% higher than the national average.
- around 91% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wandana Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wandana Heights was 28.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 24.6% lower than the national average.
- around 49% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wandana Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Wandana Heights was 64.7% lower than the Victoria average, and was 64.3% lower than the national average.
- around 17% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wandana Heights.