Bass Coast crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Bass Coast is a council area in Victoria with about 44,377 residents. It has a Crime Score 56 out of 100 (moderate), 140th 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 (79th percentile), assault (50th percentile), sexual offences (73rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 55.
In 2024-25: violent 1,293 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); property 3,671 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 703 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); theft 1,573 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 25th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bass Coast council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (225 public and 81 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 72 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 16.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.6% 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 | 1,293 | 574 | +38% |
| Property | 3,671 | 1,629 | +21% |
| Break-ins | 703 | 312 | +24% |
| Theft | 1,573 | 698 | +19% |
Questions
Is Bass Coast safe?
Bass Coast recorded 1,290 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 22% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 6% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 56.4 out of 100 (moderate), 140th 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 Bass Coast?
312 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 703 per 100,000 residents, close to the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Bass Coast council area
Adams Estate · Almurta · Archies Creek · Bass · Blackwood Forest · Caldermeade · Cape Woolamai · Churchill Island · Corinella · Coronet Bay · Cowes · Dalyston · Glen Alvie · Glen Forbes · Harmers Haven · Inverloch · Jeetho · Kernot · Kilcunda · Krowera · Lance Creek · Lang Lang · Loch · Monomeith · Newhaven · North Wonthaggi · Pioneer Bay · Pound Creek · Queensferry · Rhyll · Ryanston · Saint Clair · San Remo · Silverleaves · Smiths Beach · South Dudley · Summerlands · Sunderland Bay · Sunset Strip · Surf Beach · Tenby Point · The Gurdies · Ventnor · Wattle Bank · West Creek · Wimbledon Heights · Wonthaggi · Woodleigh · Woolamai
Postcodes in the Bass Coast council area
3922 · 3923 · 3925 · 3945 · 3979 · 3984 · 3990 · 3991 · 3992 · 3995 · 3996
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