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Microburbs Property Data API
Suburb - Crime
Crime by mesh block — estimated rates and rank in suburb (by suburb) (beta)
GET
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/mesh-blocks/crime20¢ per callBeta. The figures behind this topic have not been validated against an independent source, so it is not sold at the same confidence as the other mesh-block topics. Every response says beta: true and carries a beta_notice.
Is this place safe? Estimated crime rates for every mesh block in the suburb — all crime and eight types, per 100,000 residents a year — with where each block sits among the blocks in its suburb and nationally. From Microburbs' mesh-block crime model, calibrated in November 2026 so each area's blocks add up to what police recorded there.
One entry per mesh block in the suburb under mesh_blocks, each with its mb_code, population and dwellings. Values only — the matching polygons come from /shapes/mesh-blocks.
Every field carries provenance — measured (at this block), measured_wider_area (measured for the SA1 or postcode and repeated on every block in it), estimate (our model) or not_recorded — plus how, one sentence on how the number was arrived at.
Exact suburb identifier required. Exact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. Burwood (NSW) — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>, then use the exact data[].area_name it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Price: 20¢ per call.
Authorization
Request
The only values you send. Fields under Responses below are what comes back — you never pass those.
Path parameters
suburb_namestringrequiredExact ABS Suburb and Locality (SAL) name, e.g. `Burwood (NSW)` — many suburbs carry a state suffix. If starting from free text or an unverified bare name, first call `GET /v1/geocode/suburb?q=<text>`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.
Query parameters
None — this endpoint accepts no query parameters. Call the path above with your bearer token and nothing else.
Responses
Successful Response
application/json
SuburbMbTopicfields returned to you
suburbstringalways returnedSuburb (SAL) name, as resolved.
statestringmay be nullState / Territory abbreviation.
topicstringalways returnedWhich topic this answers.
questionstringalways returnedThe question this topic answers.
betabooleanalways returned`true` when the figures behind this topic have not been validated against an independent source yet.
beta_noticestringmay be nullWhat is unvalidated, on beta topics only.
block_countintegeralways returnedHow many mesh blocks are in `mesh_blocks`.
mesh_blocksarray of MbTopicBlockalways returnedOne entry per mesh block in the suburb, ordered by `mb_code`.
notestringalways returnedHow to read `provenance`.
GET
/v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/mesh-blocks/crimecURL
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/suburbs/Belmont%20North/mesh-blocks/crime' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer test'Example Responses
{
"data": {
"suburb": "Belmont North",
"state": "NSW",
"topic": "crime",
"question": "Is this place safe?",
"beta": true,
"beta_notice": "Beta: every figure here is our estimate, not a police count. Each area's blocks are scaled to add up to what police recorded for it in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory); how that total is spread across the blocks is our model, and no state publishes it. Rates are per resident, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low, and blocks with fewer than 50 residents are not ranked. The eight crime types add up to the total.",
"block_count": 85,
"mesh_blocks": [
{
"mb_code": "10434270000",
"population": 124,
"dwellings": 46,
"fields": {
"crime_rate_total": {
"value": 4236.67,
"label": "All crime",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_violent": {
"value": 1944.71,
"label": "Violence",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property": {
"value": 547.71,
"label": "Property crime (theft, break-ins)",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property_damage": {
"value": 701.74,
"label": "Property damage",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_drugs": {
"value": 73.36,
"label": "Drug offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_public_order": {
"value": 80.98,
"label": "Public order offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_weapons": {
"value": 24.51,
"label": "Weapons offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_fraud": {
"value": 574.78,
"label": "Fraud",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_other": {
"value": 288.86,
"label": "Other offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rank_in_suburb_pct": {
"value": 65.52,
"label": "Where this block sits in its suburb (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_fifth_in_suburb": {
"value": 4,
"label": "Which fifth of its suburb this block falls in (1 = quietest, 5 = busiest)",
"unit": "1-5",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_suburb_blocks_ranked": {
"value": 59,
"label": "Blocks in the suburb it is ranked against",
"unit": "count",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_rank_national_pct": {
"value": 59.45,
"label": "Where this block sits nationally (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_suburb_median_total": {
"value": 2850.9,
"label": "All crime, median block in this suburb",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_national_median_total": {
"value": 3265.67,
"label": "All crime, median block in Australia",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
}
}
},
{
"mb_code": "11205004200",
"population": 189,
"dwellings": 63,
"fields": {
"crime_rate_total": {
"value": 1878.94,
"label": "All crime",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_violent": {
"value": 626.99,
"label": "Violence",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property": {
"value": 419.09,
"label": "Property crime (theft, break-ins)",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property_damage": {
"value": 266.12,
"label": "Property damage",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_drugs": {
"value": 15.89,
"label": "Drug offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_public_order": {
"value": 34.68,
"label": "Public order offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_weapons": {
"value": 6.65,
"label": "Weapons offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_fraud": {
"value": 407.54,
"label": "Fraud",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_other": {
"value": 101.97,
"label": "Other offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rank_in_suburb_pct": {
"value": 0,
"label": "Where this block sits in its suburb (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_fifth_in_suburb": {
"value": 1,
"label": "Which fifth of its suburb this block falls in (1 = quietest, 5 = busiest)",
"unit": "1-5",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_suburb_blocks_ranked": {
"value": 59,
"label": "Blocks in the suburb it is ranked against",
"unit": "count",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_rank_national_pct": {
"value": 20.21,
"label": "Where this block sits nationally (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_suburb_median_total": {
"value": 2850.9,
"label": "All crime, median block in this suburb",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_national_median_total": {
"value": 3265.67,
"label": "All crime, median block in Australia",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
}
}
},
{
"mb_code": "10436570000",
"population": 169,
"dwellings": 64,
"fields": {
"crime_rate_total": {
"value": 2007.55,
"label": "All crime",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_violent": {
"value": 616.66,
"label": "Violence",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property": {
"value": 382.95,
"label": "Property crime (theft, break-ins)",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_property_damage": {
"value": 228.53,
"label": "Property damage",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_drugs": {
"value": 15.81,
"label": "Drug offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_public_order": {
"value": 28.54,
"label": "Public order offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_weapons": {
"value": 6.45,
"label": "Weapons offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_fraud": {
"value": 576.26,
"label": "Fraud",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rate_other": {
"value": 152.34,
"label": "Other offences",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_rank_in_suburb_pct": {
"value": 1.72,
"label": "Where this block sits in its suburb (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_fifth_in_suburb": {
"value": 1,
"label": "Which fifth of its suburb this block falls in (1 = quietest, 5 = busiest)",
"unit": "1-5",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_suburb_blocks_ranked": {
"value": 59,
"label": "Blocks in the suburb it is ranked against",
"unit": "count",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "where our estimate for this block sits among the blocks in its suburb with 50 or more residents."
},
"crime_rank_national_pct": {
"value": 22.9,
"label": "Where this block sits nationally (0 = quietest, 100 = busiest)",
"unit": "percentile",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_suburb_median_total": {
"value": 2850.9,
"label": "All crime, median block in this suburb",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
},
"crime_national_median_total": {
"value": 3265.67,
"label": "All crime, median block in Australia",
"unit": "incidents per 100,000 residents a year",
"provenance": "estimate",
"how": "our estimate: a model of how crime is spread across the blocks of each area, scaled so the blocks add up to what police recorded for the area in the latest year published (the suburb in most states, the council area in Tasmania, the police region in the Northern Territory). Counted against the people who live here, so busy shopping and nightlife blocks read low."
}
}
}
],
"note": "Each field says how its number was arrived at. An estimate is not a measurement, and a figure measured for a wider area is not a measurement of the block."
}
}Successful Response200
application/json