Crime in Australia

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

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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.

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