Alpine crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Alpine is a council area in Victoria with about 13,236 residents. It has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 328th 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 sexual offences (89th percentile), homicide (18th percentile), assault (9th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2024-25: violent 476 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); property 1,715 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 249 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); theft 740 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 75th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Alpine council area is 2.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (61 public and 14 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 32 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Italy, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.3% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 24 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.6% 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 Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 476 | 63 | -25% |
| Property | 1,715 | 227 | -15% |
| Break-ins | 249 | 33 | -4% |
| Theft | 740 | 98 | -31% |
Questions
Is Alpine safe?
Alpine recorded 476 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 55% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 61% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 21.7 out of 100 (low), 328th 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 Alpine?
33 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 249 per 100,000 residents, about 65% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Alpine council area
Abbeyard · Barwidgee · Bright · Buckland · Buffalo River · Eurobin · Freeburgh · Gapsted · Germantown · Harrietville · Havilah · Hotham Heights · Merriang · Mount Buffalo · Mudgegonga · Myrtleford · Nug Nug · Ovens · Porepunkah · Smoko · Tawonga · Tawonga South · Wandiligong · Wonnangatta
Postcodes in the Alpine council area
3697 · 3698 · 3737 · 3738 · 3739 · 3740 · 3741 · 3744
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