ACT Property Theft Statistics 2025
Recorded victim counts and population-adjusted rates for Australian Capital Territory, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population 484,681 at 30 June 2025.
Other theft
20256,852
1,413.7 per 100,000 people — 33% below the national rate
+10% on 2024
Motor vehicle theft
2025821
169.4 per 100,000 people — 30% below the national rate
-10.8% on 2024
Unlawful entry with intent
20251,405
289.9 per 100,000 people
-3% on 2024
How Australian Capital Territory compares
Adjusted for population, Australian Capital Territory records the 7th highest rate of 8 jurisdictions for other theft, at 1,413.7 victims per 100,000 people against a national 2,105.7. For motor vehicle theft it records the 6th highest rate of 8 jurisdictions.
Comparing raw counts between jurisdictions is misleading — the largest states record the most offences largely because more people live in them. Rates per 100,000 are the only fair basis for comparison, and they frequently reverse the ranking that raw counts suggest.
The last decade
Between 2016 and 2025, the other-theft rate in Australian Capital Territory has fallen 39.4%, from 2,333.1 to 1,413.7 per 100,000. The rate peaked in 2016 at 2,333.1 and was at its lowest in 2024 at 1,301.5.
Ten-year trend
Other theft victims per 100,000 people in Australian Capital Territory. Each year uses its own population, so the trend reflects crime rather than population growth.
| Year | Other theft | per 100k | Vehicle theft | Unlawful entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9,405 | 2,333.1 | 967 | 2,310 |
| 2017 | 9,512 | 2,291.8 | 1,410 | 2,598 |
| 2018 | 8,625 | 2,024.3 | 1,128 | 2,205 |
| 2019 | 8,707 | 1,998.3 | 1,145 | 2,616 |
| 2020 | 6,992 | 1,571.6 | 1,122 | 1,975 |
| 2021 | 7,733 | 1,708.9 | 1,276 | 1,911 |
| 2022 | 7,140 | 1,547.9 | 1,181 | 1,872 |
| 2023 | 6,804 | 1,443.5 | 992 | 1,827 |
| 2024 | 6,227 | 1,301.5 | 920 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 6,852 | 1,413.7 | 821 | 1,405 |
Vehicle theft and unlawful entry columns are aligned by year where published; a dash means the ABS did not publish a figure for that offence and year.
More detailed Australian Capital Territory data
The ABS figures above are annual and national in scope. For finer detail — usually by suburb or local government area, and more often than once a year — Australian Capital Territory publishes its own statistics through ACT Policing crime statistics.
Crime statistics by location, offence type and period, published online rather than as a downloadable dataset.
Note that jurisdictions define offences and reference periods differently, so figures from a state agency will not always match the ABS figures on this page. The ABS applies one national classification across all jurisdictions, which is why we use it for comparison.
Compare with other states and territories
Method and sources
Victim counts from Australian Bureau of Statistics, Recorded Crime – Victims, 2025. Rates per 100,000 are our own calculation — the ABS does not publish victimisation rates for property offences — using ABS Estimated Resident Population for the matching year.
ABS randomly adjusts cells to protect confidentiality, so jurisdiction figures do not sum exactly to national totals. Counts include offences against organisations as well as individuals, and reported crime undercounts actual crime.
Full method and the national picture are on the theft statistics hub.
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