Burglary in Australia, by state and territory
How many burglaries the police record in each Australian state and territory and where they happen: for each one, the cases at dwellings, those at shops and the share that hits retail.
Highest values: burglaries
All the data
| Victoria | 42,692 | −7.0% | 20,916 | 7,062 | 16.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland | 40,088 | −11.5% | 25,495 | 3,790 | 9.5 |
| New South Wales | 30,706 | −6.7% | 18,432 | 4,142 | 13.5 |
| Western Australia | 13,312 | −19.8% | 8,975 | 1,519 | 11.4 |
| South Australia | 8,789 | −11.2% | 6,340 | 605 | 6.9 |
| Tasmania | 2,731 | −8.0% | 1,137 | 348 | 12.7 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1,405 | −3.0% | 566 | 190 | 13.5 |
How to read these figures
- The ABS counts victims, and for burglary the victim is the premises: a home, a shop, a business.
- The ABS does not publish a per-person rate for this offence, so the raw numbers also reflect each state’s population and do not on their own show where the risk is higher.
- The Northern Territory is missing: the ABS did not publish its 2024 and 2025 burglary data, as it was not suitable for publication.
- Dwellings means the homes themselves, excluding garages and outbuildings; shops is the retail category of the location classification. The share at shops is as published by the ABS; we calculated the change on 2024 from the ABS figures for both years.
- From 2025 the ABS uses the fourth edition of the offence classification (ANZSOC 2023), where the category is called burglary instead of unlawful entry with intent.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Recorded Crime, Victims, 2025: Victims of crime, states and territories (Tables 9 and 12) · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Data retrieved on