Benalla crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Benalla is a council area in Victoria with about 14,581 residents. It has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 97th 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 (86th percentile), assault (51st percentile), break-ins (62nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 1,228 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); property 4,629 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 665 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); theft 2,167 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 29th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Benalla council area is 3.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (214 public and 26 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 13.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.4% 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 | 1,228 | 179 | -11% |
| Property | 4,629 | 675 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 665 | 97 | +29% |
| Theft | 2,167 | 316 | +30% |
Questions
Is Benalla safe?
Benalla recorded 1,230 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 16% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and close to the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 64.8 out of 100 (high), 97th 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 Benalla?
97 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 665 per 100,000 residents, about 6% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Benalla council area
Baddaginnie · Benalla · Boweya · Boweya North · Boxwood · Bungeet · Bungeet West · Chesney Vale · Devenish · Glenrowan · Glenrowan West · Goomalibee · Goorambat · Greta · Greta South · Greta West · Hansonville · Lima · Lima East · Lima South · Lurg · Major Plains · Molyullah · Mount Bruno · Stewarton · Swanpool · Taminick · Tarnook · Thoona · Upper Lurg · Warrenbayne · Winton · Winton North
Postcodes in the Benalla council area
3670 · 3672 · 3673 · 3675 · 3725 · 3726
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