Unincorporated ACT crime rate and Crime Score · Australian Capital Territory council area
Unincorporated ACT is a council area in Australian Capital Territory with about 484,630 residents. It has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 233rd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (58th percentile), robbery (64th percentile), assault (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2024-25: violent 806 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); property 2,568 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 354 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,378 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 1 Australian Capital Territory councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Unincorporated ACT council area is 3.8% (Australian Capital Territory 3.8%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.7% of occupied homes (8,569 public and 1,012 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Australian Capital Territory 5.7%). An estimated 1,809 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39.2 per 10,000 residents (Australian Capital Territory 39.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 29.9% of residents were born overseas (Australian Capital Territory 29.9%), most often in India, England, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 86 of 100); social housing about 5.2% of homes; about 38.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 30.4% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Australian Capital Territory has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 806 | 3,908 | -1% |
| Property | 2,568 | 12,443 | -28% |
| Break-ins | 354 | 1,715 | -32% |
| Theft | 1,378 | 6,677 | -25% |
Questions
Is Unincorporated ACT safe?
Unincorporated ACT recorded 806 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Australian Capital Territory rate (806) and about 34% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 42 out of 100 (moderate), 233rd of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Unincorporated ACT?
1,715 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 354 per 100,000 residents, close to the Australian Capital Territory rate (354).
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Police news near Unincorporated ACT
- Charges laid following Ginninderra Drive stabbing incident · Belconnen, 31 Oct 2026 · 7 km away
- Man charged after shooting at a vehicle and injuring teenager · Gordon, 10 Oct 2026 · 19 km away
- Elderly man dies following Bruce collision · Bruce, 21 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
- Man charged with murder following May arson incident · Belconnen, 8 Sept 2026 · 7 km away
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Suburbs in the Unincorporated ACT council area
Acton · Ainslie · Amaroo · Aranda · Banks · Barton · Belconnen · Bonner · Bonython · Braddon · Bruce · Calwell · Campbell · Canberra · Capital Hill · Casey · Causeway · Charnwood · Chifley · Chisholm · Conder · Cook · Crace · Curtin · Deakin · Dickson · Downer · Dunlop · Evatt · Fadden · Farrer · Florey · Flynn · Forde · Forrest · Franklin · Fyshwick · Garran · Gilmore · Giralang · Gordon · Gowrie · Greenway · Griffith · Gungahlin · Hackett · Harman · Harrison · Hawker · Higgins · Holt · Hughes · Isaacs · Isabella Plains · Jacka · Kaleen · Kambah · Kingston · Latham · Lawson · Lyneham · Lyons · MacArthur · MacGregor · Macquarie · Majura · Manuka · Mawson · McKellar · Melba · Mitchell · Monash · Narrabundah · Ngunnawal · Nicholls · O'Connor · O'Malley · Oxley · Page · Palmerston · Parkes · Pearce · Phillip · Pialligo · Red Hill · Reid · Richardson · Russell · Scullin · Spence · Symonston · Taylor · Theodore · Torrens · Tuggeranong DC · Turner · Wanniassa · Watson · Weetangera · Yarralumla
Postcodes in the Unincorporated ACT council area
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