Microburbs Suburb - Crime API

Crime benchmark, breakdown and mesh-block map values.

Operations 3

GET /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/summary Crime — suburb vs national benchmark #
GET /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/breakdown Crime — breakdown by type #
GET /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/by-mesh-block Crime — rate per mesh block #

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OpenAPI Specification

microburbs-suburb-crime-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microburbs Property Data Suburb - Crime API
  summary: Suburb and property data for every Australian locality.
  description: '**One REST API for demographics, market indicators, risk scores, AVM and

    ranking — backed by 25+ years of Australian transactions and census data.**


    ```bash

    curl ''https://api.microburbs.com.au/v1/properties/GANSW704074813/profile'' \

    -H ''Authorization: Bearer test''

    ```


    ## Why Microburbs


    - **Data depth** — Demographics, lifestyle, risk, market, AVM and growth forecasts — all keyed to the same national suburb and property graph.'
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.microburbs.com.au
  description: Production
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Suburb - Crime
  description: Crime benchmark, breakdown and mesh-block map values.
paths:
  /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/summary:
    get:
      tags:
      - Suburb - Crime
      summary: Crime — suburb vs national benchmark
      description: 'Suburb and national total-crime medians (predicted incidents per

        100,000 residents per year) with a vs-national verdict.


        **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=`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.


        **Price: 10¢ per call.**'
      operationId: get_suburb_crime_summary_v1_suburbs__suburb_name__crime_summary_get
      parameters:
      - name: suburb_name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          title: Suburb Name
          example: Belmont North
        description: 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.
        example: Belmont North
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse_CrimeSummary_'
              example:
                data:
                  area_level: suburb
                  area_name: Belmont North
                  national_median: 2787.6
                  suburb_median: 2248.0
                  unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
                  verdict: Below average
                  vs_national_pct: -19
          headers:
            X-Cost-Cents:
              description: Exact cents billed for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Spent-Cents:
              description: Cumulative cents Autumn reports used for this prepaid wallet.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Remaining-Cents:
              description: Spendable prepaid credit left after this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Period-End:
              description: Start of the next UTC calendar month. Prepaid credit does not expire at this timestamp.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
                format: date-time
            X-Balance-Cents:
              description: Compatibility alias of X-Remaining-Cents.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Rate-Card-Version:
              description: Version of the endpoint rate card used for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 1
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Request identifier to quote in support requests.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
              example:
                detail:
                - type: missing
                  loc:
                  - query
                  - address
                  msg: Field required
                  input: null
      x-price-cents: 10
  /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/breakdown:
    get:
      tags:
      - Suburb - Crime
      summary: Crime — breakdown by type
      description: 'Per-crime-type rates (predicted incidents per 100,000 residents

        per year) for the suburb vs national medians.


        **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=`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.


        **Price: 10¢ per call.**'
      operationId: get_suburb_crime_breakdown_v1_suburbs__suburb_name__crime_breakdown_get
      parameters:
      - name: suburb_name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          title: Suburb Name
          example: Belmont North
        description: 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.
        example: Belmont North
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse_CrimeBreakdown_'
              example:
                data:
                  area_level: suburb
                  area_name: Belmont North
                  breakdown:
                  - diff_pct: 12
                    label: Property
                    national_median: 898
                    rate: 1008
                    type: property
                    verdict: Above average
                  - diff_pct: -12
                    label: Drugs
                    national_median: 409
                    rate: 358
                    type: drugs
                    verdict: Below average
                  unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
          headers:
            X-Cost-Cents:
              description: Exact cents billed for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Spent-Cents:
              description: Cumulative cents Autumn reports used for this prepaid wallet.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Remaining-Cents:
              description: Spendable prepaid credit left after this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Period-End:
              description: Start of the next UTC calendar month. Prepaid credit does not expire at this timestamp.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
                format: date-time
            X-Balance-Cents:
              description: Compatibility alias of X-Remaining-Cents.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Rate-Card-Version:
              description: Version of the endpoint rate card used for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 1
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Request identifier to quote in support requests.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
              example:
                detail:
                - type: missing
                  loc:
                  - query
                  - address
                  msg: Field required
                  input: null
      x-price-cents: 10
  /v1/suburbs/{suburb_name}/crime/by-mesh-block:
    get:
      tags:
      - Suburb - Crime
      summary: Crime — rate per mesh block
      description: 'Total crime rate for every mesh block in the suburb, keyed by ABS

        mesh-block code. Values are predicted incidents per 100,000 residents

        per year (see the payload''s `unit` / `definition` keys).


        **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=`, then use the exact `data[].area_name` it returns. Suburb data endpoints do not guess a state or typo-correct names.


        **Price: 15¢ per call.**'
      operationId: get_suburb_crime_by_mesh_block_v1_suburbs__suburb_name__crime_by_mesh_block_get
      parameters:
      - name: suburb_name
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          title: Suburb Name
          example: Belmont North
        description: 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.
        example: Belmont North
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiResponse_CrimeByMeshBlock_'
              example:
                data:
                  area_level: suburb
                  area_name: Belmont North
                  definition: Sum of the 8 modelled per-category crime rates for the mesh block (model trained on QLD Police mesh-block incidents averaged over 2020-2022, predicted for all Australian mesh blocks).
                  mesh_blocks:
                    '10431160000': 12128.8
                    '10431170000': 1755.8
                    '10431200000': 2050.2
                  metric: total_predicted_crime_rate
                  period: annual
                  unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
          headers:
            X-Cost-Cents:
              description: Exact cents billed for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Spent-Cents:
              description: Cumulative cents Autumn reports used for this prepaid wallet.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Remaining-Cents:
              description: Spendable prepaid credit left after this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Period-End:
              description: Start of the next UTC calendar month. Prepaid credit does not expire at this timestamp.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
                format: date-time
            X-Balance-Cents:
              description: Compatibility alias of X-Remaining-Cents.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 0
            X-Rate-Card-Version:
              description: Version of the endpoint rate card used for this call.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: integer
                minimum: 1
            X-Request-Id:
              description: Request identifier to quote in support requests.
              required: true
              schema:
                type: string
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
              example:
                detail:
                - type: missing
                  loc:
                  - query
                  - address
                  msg: Field required
                  input: null
      x-price-cents: 15
components:
  schemas:
    CrimeBreakdown:
      properties:
        area_name:
          type: string
          title: Area Name
          description: Suburb (SAL) name.
        area_level:
          type: string
          title: Area Level
          description: Always 'suburb' for these endpoints.
        unit:
          type: string
          title: Unit
          description: Unit of every rate / national_median value — always 'predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year'.
        breakdown:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrimeBreakdownRow'
          type: array
          title: Breakdown
          description: One row per crime type, sorted by rate descending.
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
      - area_name
      - area_level
      - unit
      - breakdown
      title: CrimeBreakdown
      description: Per-crime-type breakdown table, highest rate first.
      example:
        area_level: suburb
        area_name: Belmont North
        breakdown:
        - diff_pct: 12
          label: Property
          national_median: 898
          rate: 1008
          type: property
          verdict: Above average
        - diff_pct: -12
          label: Drugs
          national_median: 409
          rate: 358
          type: drugs
          verdict: Below average
        unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    CrimeBreakdownRow:
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          title: Type
          description: Machine key (e.g. 'property', 'public_order').
        label:
          type: string
          title: Label
          description: Display label (e.g. 'Property', 'Public Order').
        rate:
          type: integer
          title: Rate
          description: Average rate across this suburb's mesh blocks — predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year — rounded.
        national_median:
          type: number
          title: National Median
          description: National per-mesh-block median rate for this crime type.
        diff_pct:
          type: integer
          title: Diff Pct
          description: Suburb rate vs national median, rounded percentage delta.
        verdict:
          type: string
          title: Verdict
          description: 'Band for the delta: ''Very low'', ''Below average'', ''Average'', ''Above average'' or ''High''.'
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - label
      - rate
      - national_median
      - diff_pct
      - verdict
      title: CrimeBreakdownRow
      description: One crime type's suburb rate vs the national median.
    CrimeByMeshBlock:
      properties:
        area_name:
          type: string
          title: Area Name
          description: Suburb (SAL) name.
        area_level:
          type: string
          title: Area Level
          description: Always 'suburb' for these endpoints.
        metric:
          type: string
          title: Metric
          description: Always 'total_predicted_crime_rate' — what the mesh_blocks values measure.
        unit:
          type: string
          title: Unit
          description: Unit of the mesh_blocks values — always 'predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year'.
        period:
          type: string
          title: Period
          description: Always 'annual' — the rates are yearly figures.
        definition:
          type: string
          title: Definition
          description: One-sentence definition of the metric, including model provenance.
        mesh_blocks:
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
          type: object
          title: Mesh Blocks
          description: 'ABS 2021 mesh-block code → total crime rate: sum of all 8 modelled crime-type rates, predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year.'
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
      - area_name
      - area_level
      - metric
      - unit
      - period
      - definition
      - mesh_blocks
      title: CrimeByMeshBlock
      description: Total crime rate per mesh block (choropleth-ready).
      example:
        area_level: suburb
        area_name: Belmont North
        definition: Sum of the 8 modelled per-category crime rates for the mesh block (model trained on QLD Police mesh-block incidents averaged over 2020-2022, predicted for all Australian mesh blocks).
        mesh_blocks:
          '10431160000': 12128.8
          '10431170000': 1755.8
          '10431200000': 2050.2
        metric: total_predicted_crime_rate
        period: annual
        unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
    CrimeSummary:
      properties:
        area_name:
          type: string
          title: Area Name
          description: Suburb (SAL) name.
        area_level:
          type: string
          title: Area Level
          description: Always 'suburb' for these endpoints.
        unit:
          type: string
          title: Unit
          description: Unit of suburb_median and national_median — always 'predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year'.
        suburb_median:
          type: number
          title: Suburb Median
          description: Median total crime rate across this suburb's mesh blocks — predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year (model trained on QLD Police 2020-2022 incident averages, predicted for all Australian mesh blocks).
        national_median:
          type: number
          title: National Median
          description: Median total crime rate across all Australian mesh blocks, same unit as suburb_median.
        vs_national_pct:
          type: integer
          title: Vs National Pct
          description: Suburb median vs national median, as a rounded percentage delta (negative = less crime than the national median).
        verdict:
          type: string
          title: Verdict
          description: 'Plain-English band for the delta: ''Very low'', ''Below average'', ''Average'', ''Above average'' or ''High''.'
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
      - area_name
      - area_level
      - unit
      - suburb_median
      - national_median
      - vs_national_pct
      - verdict
      title: CrimeSummary
      description: Suburb vs national total-crime benchmark medians.
      example:
        area_level: suburb
        area_name: Belmont North
        national_median: 2787.6
        suburb_median: 2248.0
        unit: predicted incidents per 100,000 residents per year
        verdict: Below average
        vs_national_pct: -19
    ApiResponse_CrimeSummary_:
      properties:
        data:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrimeSummary'
          - type: 'null'
          description: The endpoint's payload, or `null` when Microburbs has no value.
        available:
          anyOf:
          - type: boolean
          - type: 'null'
          title: Available
          description: '`false` on no-data responses. Omitted on success — branch on `data !== null` if you want a single discriminator.'
        reason:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Reason
          description: Machine-readable slug naming the no-data condition (e.g. `no_avm_for_GANSW704074813`). Stable per endpoint. Omitted on success.
        message:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Message
          description: Human-readable explanation. Omitted on success.
      type: object
      title: ApiResponse[CrimeSummary]
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
    ApiResponse_CrimeByMeshBlock_:
      properties:
        data:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrimeByMeshBlock'
          - type: 'null'
          description: The endpoint's payload, or `null` when Microburbs has no value.
        available:
          anyOf:
          - type: boolean
          - type: 'null'
          title: Available
          description: '`false` on no-data responses. Omitted on success — branch on `data !== null` if you want a single discriminator.'
        reason:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Reason
          description: Machine-readable slug naming the no-data condition (e.g. `no_avm_for_GANSW704074813`). Stable per endpoint. Omitted on success.
        message:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Message
          description: Human-readable explanation. Omitted on success.
      type: object
      title: ApiResponse[CrimeByMeshBlock]
    ApiResponse_CrimeBreakdown_:
      properties:
        data:
          anyOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CrimeBreakdown'
          - type: 'null'
          description: The endpoint's payload, or `null` when Microburbs has no value.
        available:
          anyOf:
          - type: boolean
          - type: 'null'
          title: Available
          description: '`false` on no-data responses. Omitted on success — branch on `data !== null` if you want a single discriminator.'
        reason:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Reason
          description: Machine-readable slug naming the no-data condition (e.g. `no_avm_for_GANSW704074813`). Stable per endpoint. Omitted on success.
        message:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Message
          description: Human-readable explanation. Omitted on success.
      type: object
      title: ApiResponse[CrimeBreakdown]
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key as Bearer token. Use `test` for the public sandbox (works only for GNAFs GANSW704074813, GAACT714845944, GAVIC419929404, GAQLD162849753, GAWA_146662014, GASA_422266490, GATAS702292990, GANT_703835649 and SALs 'Belmont North', 'Bondi', 'St Kilda (Vic.)', 'Fortitude Valley', 'Subiaco', 'Unley', 'Sandy Bay', 'Kambah', 'Nightcliff', always 0¢). Mint your own at /developers/keys for full access.
x-tagGroups:
- name: Suburb
  tags:
  - Suburb - Hero
  - Suburb - Profile
  - Suburb - Market
  - Suburb - Forecast
  - Suburb - Listings
  - Suburb - Sales
  - Suburb - Street Forecasts
  - Suburb - Demographics
  - Suburb - Ethnicity
  - Suburb - Development
  - Suburb - Schools
  - Suburb - Risks
  - Suburb - Crime
  - Suburb - Lifestyle
  - Suburb - Similar
  - Suburb - Shapes
- name: Finders
  tags:
  - Suburb - Finder
- name: Property
  tags:
  - Property - Profile
  - Property - Basics
  - Property - Valuation
  - Property - History
  - Property - Title
  - Property - Comparables
  - Property - Development
  - Property - Schools
  - Property - Amenities
  - Property - Risks
  - Property - Surroundings
  - Property - Context
- name: Area Statistics
  tags:
  - Area Statistics
- name: Mesh Block
  tags:
  - Mesh Block - Profile
- name: LGA
  tags:
  - LGA - Profile
- name: SA4
  tags:
  - SA4 - Profile
- name: Geocode
  tags:
  - Geocode
- name: Account
  tags:
  - Account