Australian Crime Rate

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Bendigo crime rate and crime map

Bendigo recorded 1,456 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 38% above the Victoria rate and 20% above the national rate. Up 27% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the City of Greater Bendigo, about 126,568 residents.

Greater Bendigo: 1,456 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.

Bendigo against VIC and Australia

Violent 1,456 per 100k

Property 5,019 per 100k

Break-ins 685 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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Bendigo violent crime rate from 2015-16 to 2024-25: 957 to 1,456 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Bendigo

Zoom in on the map to street level for suburb outlines, police news pinned where it happened, and live incidents. Open Bendigo at street level.

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
Greater Bendigo1,4565,01968562

Questions about crime in Bendigo

What is the crime rate in Bendigo?

Bendigo recorded 1,456 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 38% above the Victoria rate and 20% above the national rate. Property crime was 5,019 per 100,000. The figures cover the City of Greater Bendigo.

Is crime going up in Bendigo?

Bendigo's recorded violent crime rate went from 1,142 per 100,000 in 2019-20 to 1,456 in 2024-25 (+27%). 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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