Crime Dashboard - Watsonia North
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 | 4 | 242 | 14 |
| motor vehicle | 16 | 346 | 17 |
| violent | 4 | 652 | 6 |
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 | 242 | 380 | -36.3% |
| motor vehicle | 346 | 642 | -46.2% |
| violent | 652 | 1,318 | -50.5% |
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 36.3% to 242 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 46.2% to 346 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 50.5% to 652 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 | Watsonia North1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 242 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 346 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 652 | 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 Watsonia North was 66.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 67.3% lower than the national average.
- around 14% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Watsonia North.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Watsonia North was 68.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 66.6% lower than the national average.
- around 17% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Watsonia North.
- the rate of violent crime in Watsonia North was 77.2% lower than the Victoria average, and was 76.9% lower than the national average.
- around 6% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Watsonia North.