Crime in Australia

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Crime rates in Australia

Level of crime	49.73	Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 5 years	66.60	High
Worries home broken and things stolen	45.87	Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed	40.11	Moderate
Worries car stolen	40.43	Moderate
Worries things from car stolen	46.34	Moderate
Worries attacked	44.01	Moderate
Worries being insulted	48.33	Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion	33.51	Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs	59.95	Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft	56.85	Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery	44.24	Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery	37.74	Low

Safety walking alone during daylight		67.71	High
Safety walking alone during night		40.02	Moderate

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Last update: 18 May 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 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.

City	Crime Index	Safety Index
Rockhampton	67.2	32.8
Alice Springs	66.5	33.5
Townsville	61.6	38.4
Newcastle	48.1	51.9
Gold Coast	47.4	52.6
Melbourne	43.8	56.2
Perth	41.7	58.3
Brisbane	37.4	62.6
Sydney	34.2	65.8
Hobart	33.9	66.1
Adelaide	32.8	67.2
Canberra	26.5	73.5