offences per 100,000 persons - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's crime rate was 5,300 offences per 100,000 persons as of January 2025. Number of recorded criminal offences per 100,000 people, split by violent and non-violent categories. Crime rates affect community safety, wellbeing, and economic activity. Tracking trends reveals whether communities are becoming safer. Data is sourced from ABS Recorded Crime — Victims (Cat. 4510.0); ABS Recorded Crime — Offenders and updated annually.
Ranked by latest value (lower is better)
| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South WalesNSW | 4,050offences per 100,000 persons |
| 2 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 4,100offences per 100,000 persons |
| 3 | TasmaniaTAS | 4,500offences per 100,000 persons |
| 4 | South AustraliaSA | 5,300offences per 100,000 persons |
| 5 | VictoriaVIC | 5,750offences per 100,000 persons |
| 6 | QueenslandQLD | 5,850offences per 100,000 persons |
| 7 | Western AustraliaWA | 6,050offences per 100,000 persons |
| 8 | Northern TerritoryNT | 11,000offences per 100,000 persons |
Number of recorded criminal offences per 100,000 people, split by violent and non-violent categories.
Crime rates affect community safety, wellbeing, and economic activity. Tracking trends reveals whether communities are becoming safer.
Lower is better
Source: ABS Recorded Crime — Victims (Cat. 4510.0); ABS Recorded Crime — Offenders
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Recorded Crime — Victims (Cat. 4510.0); ABS Recorded Crime — Offenders), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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