Casey crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Casey is a council area in Victoria with about 414,929 residents. It has a Crime Score 51 out of 100 (moderate), 166th 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 (90th percentile), homicide (65th percentile), assault (34th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 48.
In 2024-25: violent 1,062 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 4,151 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 537 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); theft 2,244 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Casey council area is 5.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (1,376 public and 218 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,864 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 49.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 44% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.4% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 48.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 44.7% 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 | 1,062 | 4,407 | +24% |
| Property | 4,151 | 17,223 | +15% |
| Break-ins | 537 | 2,230 | +26% |
| Theft | 2,244 | 9,309 | +15% |
Questions
Is Casey safe?
Casey recorded 1,060 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 13% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 51.1 out of 100 (moderate), 166th 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 Casey?
2,230 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 537 per 100,000 residents, about 24% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Police news near Casey
- Two teens stabbed in Cranbourne · Cranbourne, 7 Sept 2026 · 5 km away
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Suburbs in the Casey council area
Berwick · Blind Bight · Botanic Ridge · Cannons Creek · Cardinia · Clyde · Clyde North · Cranbourne · Cranbourne East · Cranbourne North · Cranbourne South · Devon Meadows · Doveton · Endeavour Hills · Eumemmerring · Hallam · Hampton Park · Harkaway · Junction Village · Lynbrook · Lyndhurst · Narre Warren · Narre Warren East · Narre Warren North · Narre Warren South · Sandhurst · Skye · Tooradin · Warneet
Postcodes in the Casey council area
3177 · 3802 · 3803 · 3804 · 3805 · 3806 · 3975 · 3976 · 3977 · 3978 · 3980
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