Baw Baw crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area

Baw Baw is a council area in Victoria with about 62,784 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 123rd 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 (92nd percentile), assault (48th percentile), homicide (71st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.

In 2024-25: violent 2,020 per 100,000 (+122% vs five years earlier); property 4,179 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 565 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); theft 2,058 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 7th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Baw Baw council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.5% of occupied homes (293 public and 39 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 141 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 23.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Baw Baw council area

Ada · Allambee · Amor · Athlone · Baw Baw · Baw Baw Village · Bona Vista · Brandy Creek · Bravington · Buln Buln · Childers · Cloverlea · Crossover · Darnum · Drouin · Drouin East · Drouin South · Drouin West · Ellinbank · Ferndale · Fumina South · Gainsborough · Gentle Annie · Hallora · Hill End · Jindivick · Labertouche · Lardner · Lillico · Loch Valley · Longwarry · Longwarry North · Modella · Moe · Moondarra · Narracan · Nayook · Neerim · Neerim East · Neerim Junction · Neerim North · Neerim South · Newborough · Nilma North · Noojee · Piedmont · Ripplebrook · Rokeby · Tanjil · Tanjil Bren · Tanjil South · Thorpdale · Thorpdale South · Toongabbie · Toorongo · Trafalgar · Trafalgar East · Trafalgar South · Vesper · Walhalla East · Warragul · Warragul West · Willow Grove · Yarragon · Yarragon South

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