Brimbank crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Brimbank is a council area in Victoria with about 198,181 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 125th 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 (93rd percentile), homicide (76th percentile), break-ins (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 986 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); property 5,677 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 645 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); theft 3,159 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brimbank council area is 7.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (1,235 public and 355 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,526 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 79.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 51.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Vietnam, India, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 77.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 52% 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 | 986 | 1,954 | -16% |
| Property | 5,677 | 11,250 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 645 | 1,279 | -4% |
| Theft | 3,159 | 6,260 | -7% |
Questions
Is Brimbank safe?
Brimbank recorded 986 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 7% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 19% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 59.7 out of 100 (moderate), 125th 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 Brimbank?
1,279 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 645 per 100,000 residents, about 8% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Brimbank council area
Albanvale · Albion · Ardeer · Brooklyn · Glengala · Kealba · Keilor · Keilor Downs · Keilor East · Keilor Lodge · Keilor North · Kings Park · Kingsville · Maidstone · Saint Albans · Sunshine · Sunshine North · Sunshine West · Taylors Lakes · Tottenham · West Footscray
Postcodes in the Brimbank council area
3012 · 3020 · 3021 · 3022 · 3033 · 3036 · 3038
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