Glen Eira crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Glen Eira is a council area in Victoria with about 163,025 residents. It has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 250th 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 (79th percentile), break-ins (55th percentile), homicide (54th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2024-25: violent 595 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 3,641 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 615 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,928 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Glen Eira council area is 4.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (432 public and 255 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 565 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.3 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 38.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, India, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 36.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 38.8% 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 | 595 | 970 | +12% |
| Property | 3,641 | 5,935 | +8% |
| Break-ins | 615 | 1,003 | +18% |
| Theft | 1,928 | 3,143 | +2% |
Questions
Is Glen Eira safe?
Glen Eira recorded 595 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 44% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 51% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 38.9 out of 100 (low), 250th 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 Glen Eira?
1,003 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 615 per 100,000 residents, about 13% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Glen Eira council area
Balaclava · Bentleigh · Bentleigh East · Carnegie · Caulfield · Caulfield Junction · Caulfield North · Caulfield South · Elsternwick · Gardenvale · Glen Huntly · McKinnon · Murrumbeena · Ormond · Ripponlea · Saint Kilda East
Postcodes in the Glen Eira council area
3161 · 3162 · 3163 · 3165 · 3183 · 3185 · 3204
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/vic-glen-eira/ · Australian Crime Map