Crime Dashboard - Wright

Australian Capital Territory • 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-ins131,18684
motor vehicle121,35076
violent1576110

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-ins1,186971 22.1%
motor vehicle1,3501,957-31.0%
violent761912-16.6%

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 22.1% to 1,186 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • motor vehicle theft decreased by 31.0% to 1,350 incidents per 100,000 residents.
  • violent crime decreased by 16.6% to 761 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
Wright1
ACT1
Australia1
break-ins1,186978739
motor vehicle1,3501,3611,036
violent7612,5742,829

1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.

Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS

In 2022-24:

  • the rate of break-ins in Wright was 21.2% higher than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 60.5% higher than the national average.
  • around 84% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wright.
  • the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wright was 0.8% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 30.3% higher than the national average.
  • around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wright.
  • the rate of violent crime in Wright was 70.4% lower than the Australian Capital Territory average, and was 73.1% lower than the national average.
  • around 10% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wright.