Ballarat crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Ballarat is a council area in Victoria with about 122,661 residents. It has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 67th 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 (84th percentile), homicide (82nd percentile), break-ins (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2024-25: violent 1,251 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); property 6,691 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 826 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); theft 3,685 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 28th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Ballarat council area is 4.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (1,393 public and 338 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 632 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 54.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.3% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 53.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.1% 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 | 1,251 | 1,534 | +20% |
| Property | 6,691 | 8,207 | +11% |
| Break-ins | 826 | 1,013 | +5% |
| Theft | 3,685 | 4,520 | +17% |
Questions
Is Ballarat safe?
Ballarat recorded 1,250 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 18% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and close to the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 70.1 out of 100 (high), 67th 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 Ballarat?
1,013 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 826 per 100,000 residents, about 17% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Ballarat council area
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