Crime Dashboard - Waurn Ponds
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 | 1 | 120 | 4 |
| motor vehicle | 26 | 694 | 44 |
| violent | 17 | 1,233 | 25 |
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 | 120 | 341 | -64.8% |
| motor vehicle | 694 | 813 | -14.6% |
| violent | 1,233 | 2,106 | -41.4% |
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 64.8% to 120 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 14.6% to 694 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 41.4% to 1,233 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 | Waurn Ponds1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 120 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 694 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,233 | 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 Waurn Ponds was 83.4% lower than the Victoria average, and was 83.8% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Waurn Ponds.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Waurn Ponds was 36.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 33.0% lower than the national average.
- around 44% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Waurn Ponds.
- the rate of violent crime in Waurn Ponds was 56.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 56.4% lower than the national average.
- around 25% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Waurn Ponds.