Crime Dashboard - Wurruk
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 | 8 | 1,127 | 82 |
| motor vehicle | 8 | 485 | 27 |
| violent | 22 | 7,126 | 94 |
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 | 1,127 | 416 | 170.9% |
| motor vehicle | 485 | 613 | -20.9% |
| violent | 7,126 | 5,832 | 22.2% |
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 170.9% to 1,127 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 20.9% to 485 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 22.2% to 7,126 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 | Wurruk1 | Vic.1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,127 | 721 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 485 | 1,100 | 1,036 |
| violent | 7,126 | 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 Wurruk was 56.4% higher than the Victoria average, and was 52.6% higher than the national average.
- around 82% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wurruk.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wurruk was 55.9% lower than the Victoria average, and was 53.2% lower than the national average.
- around 27% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wurruk.
- the rate of violent crime in Wurruk was 148.7% higher than the Victoria average, and was 151.9% higher than the national average.
- around 94% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wurruk.