Crime Dashboard - Wheelers Hill
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 | 127 | 1,078 | 81 |
| motor vehicle | 111 | 664 | 41 |
| violent | 45 | 872 | 13 |
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 | 1,078 | 490 | 119.9% |
| motor vehicle | 664 | 913 | -27.3% |
| violent | 872 | 1,038 | -16.0% |
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 119.9% to 1,078 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 27.3% to 664 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 16.0% to 872 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 | Wheelers Hill1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,078 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 664 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 872 | 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 Wheelers Hill was 49.6% higher than the Victoria average, and was 46.0% higher than the national average.
- around 80% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wheelers Hill.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wheelers Hill was 39.6% lower than the Victoria average, and was 35.9% lower than the national average.
- around 41% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wheelers Hill.
- the rate of violent crime in Wheelers Hill was 69.5% lower than the Victoria average, and was 69.2% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wheelers Hill.