Crime in Australia

Crime rates in Australia

Level of crime
48.70 Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 3 years
65.14 High
Worries home broken and things stolen
45.21 Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed
39.41 Low
Worries car stolen
39.24 Low
Worries things from car stolen
45.56 Moderate
Worries attacked
43.19 Moderate
Worries being insulted
47.72 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
33.04 Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
59.17 Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
55.76 Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
43.62 Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery
37.30 Low

Safety in Australia

Safety walking alone during daylight
67.86 High
Safety walking alone during night
40.42 Moderate

Contributors: 7518

Last update: June 2023

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.

If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Australia

Rank
City
Crime Index
Safety Index
Alice Springs 71.6 28.4
Rockhampton 68.6 31.4
Cairns 62.2 37.8
Darwin 61.3 38.7
Toowoomba 59.0 41.0
Townsville 58.8 41.2
Geelong 58.3 41.7
Wollongong 50.8 49.2
Newcastle 48.1 51.9
Gold Coast 46.1 53.9
Melbourne 44.0 56.0
Perth 42.3 57.7
Brisbane 36.6 63.4
Sydney 34.1 65.9
Hobart 33.2 66.8
Adelaide 32.3 67.7
Canberra 27.0 73.0
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