Crime Dashboard - Wantirna South
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 | 89 | 917 | 75 |
| motor vehicle | 181 | 833 | 52 |
| violent | 107 | 2,303 | 59 |
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 | 917 | 354 | 159.1% |
| motor vehicle | 833 | 893 | -6.7% |
| violent | 2,303 | 1,637 | 40.7% |
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 159.1% to 917 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 6.7% to 833 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 40.7% to 2,303 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 | Wantirna South1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 917 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 833 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 2,303 | 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 Wantirna South was 27.3% higher than the Victoria average, and was 24.2% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wantirna South.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wantirna South was 24.3% lower than the Victoria average, and was 19.6% lower than the national average.
- around 52% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wantirna South.
- the rate of violent crime in Wantirna South was 19.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 18.6% lower than the national average.
- around 58% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wantirna South.