Glenelg crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Glenelg is a council area in Victoria with about 19,908 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 79th 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 (91st percentile), assault (57th percentile), sexual offences (66th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 56.
In 2024-25: violent 1,582 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 5,556 per 100,000 (+66% vs five years earlier); break-ins 864 per 100,000 (+111% vs five years earlier); theft 2,421 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 15th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Glenelg council area is 4.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (241 public and 32 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 94 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 46.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.6% 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 | 1,582 | 315 | +33% |
| Property | 5,556 | 1,106 | +66% |
| Break-ins | 864 | 172 | +111% |
| Theft | 2,421 | 482 | +52% |
Questions
Is Glenelg safe?
Glenelg recorded 1,580 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 50% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 30% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 68 out of 100 (high), 79th 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 Glenelg?
172 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 864 per 100,000 residents, about 23% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Glenelg council area
Allestree · Bessiebelle · Breakaway Creek · Cape Bridgewater · Cashmore · Casterton · Condah · Corndale · Digby · Drik Drik · Drumborg · Dutton Way · Gorae · Gorae West · Greenwald · Heywood · Homerton · Hotspur · Lake Condah · Lyons · Merino · Mount Richmond · Mumbannar · Myamyn · Nelson · Portland · Portland North · Portland West · Tahara West · Wallacedale · Winnap
Postcodes in the Glenelg council area
3292 · 3303 · 3304 · 3305 · 3309 · 3310 · 3311
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