Crime Rate — methodology
Category: Equality & Inclusion · Unit: offences per 100,000 persons · Published annual
What this metric measures
Number of recorded criminal offences per 100,000 people, split by violent and non-violent categories.
Why it matters: Crime rates affect community safety, wellbeing, and economic activity. Tracking trends reveals whether communities are becoming safer.
Source & provenance
- Publisher
- ABS
- Update frequency
- annual
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
How the score is computed
This metric is in a category that is tracked but does not contribute to the National Snapshot Index.
See related corrections at /corrections, or the live data and chart at https://www.australiametrics.org/metric/crime-rate.