Australian Crime Rate

City · Victoria · 2024-25

Ballarat crime rate and crime map

Ballarat recorded 1,251 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 18% above the Victoria rate and close to the national rate. Up 20% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the City of Ballarat, about 122,661 residents.

Ballarat: 1,251 violent offences per 100,000
Council areas shaded by violent crime rate against the national rate, 2024-25. Select a council for its full figures and Crime Score.

Ballarat against VIC and Australia

Violent 1,251 per 100k

Property 6,691 per 100k

Break-ins 826 per 100k

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2024-25. Australia: every council area with published figures.

Violent crime over ten years

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BallaratVictoria
Ballarat violent crime rate from 2015-16 to 2024-25: 1,320 to 1,251 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Ballarat

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Council area

Per 100,000 residents, 2024-25, highest violent crime rate first. Score: Crime Score, 0 lowest to 100 highest recorded crime.
CouncilViolentPropertyBreak-insScore
Ballarat1,2516,69182670

Questions about crime in Ballarat

What is the crime rate in Ballarat?

Ballarat recorded 1,251 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 18% above the Victoria rate and close to the national rate. Property crime was 6,691 per 100,000. The figures cover the City of Ballarat.

Is crime going up in Ballarat?

Ballarat's recorded violent crime rate went from 1,044 per 100,000 in 2019-20 to 1,251 in 2024-25 (+20%). Changes in reporting and police recording affect these trends as well as offending.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts from Victoria's official police or crime statistics agency, by council area, standardised to national offence categories, with ABS population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk.

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