Banyule crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Banyule is a council area in Victoria with about 132,770 residents. It has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 180th 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 robbery (87th percentile), homicide (61st percentile), break-ins (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 48.
In 2024-25: violent 735 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); property 5,038 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 709 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); theft 2,870 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 58th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Banyule council area is 4.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (1,427 public and 328 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 541 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 42.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 25.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 41.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.7% 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 | 735 | 976 | +9% |
| Property | 5,038 | 6,689 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 709 | 941 | +24% |
| Theft | 2,870 | 3,810 | +34% |
Questions
Is Banyule safe?
Banyule recorded 735 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 30% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 40% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 49 out of 100 (moderate), 180th 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 Banyule?
941 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 709 per 100,000 residents, close to the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Banyule council area
Banyule · Bellfield · Briar Hill · Eaglemont · Greensborough · Heidelberg · Heidelberg Heights · Heidelberg West · Ivanhoe · Ivanhoe East · Lower Plenty · Macleod · Macleod West · Montmorency · Rosanna · Saint Helena · Viewbank · Watsonia · Watsonia North · Yallambie
Postcodes in the Banyule council area
3079 · 3081 · 3084 · 3085 · 3087 · 3088 · 3093 · 3094
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