Australian Crime Rate

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Geelong crime rate and crime map

Geelong recorded 1,001 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Victoria rate and 18% below the national rate. Up 2% on five years earlier.

The figures cover the City of Greater Geelong, about 295,052 residents.

Greater Geelong: 1,001 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.

Geelong against VIC and Australia

Violent 1,001 per 100k

Property 4,714 per 100k

Break-ins 589 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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GeelongVictoria
Geelong violent crime rate from 2015-16 to 2024-25: 781 to 1,001 per 100,000. Violent offences per 100,000 residents.

Street-level crime map of Geelong

Zoom in on the map to street level for suburb outlines, police news pinned where it happened, and live incidents. Open Geelong 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 Geelong1,0014,71458954

Questions about crime in Geelong

What is the crime rate in Geelong?

Geelong recorded 1,001 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Victoria rate and 18% below the national rate. Property crime was 4,714 per 100,000. The figures cover the City of Greater Geelong.

Is crime going up in Geelong?

Geelong's recorded violent crime rate went from 980 per 100,000 in 2019-20 to 1,001 in 2024-25 (+2%). 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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