Greater Bendigo crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area

Greater Bendigo is a council area in Victoria with about 126,568 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 124th 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 sexual offences (90th percentile), assault (46th percentile), homicide (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.

In 2024-25: violent 1,456 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); property 5,019 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 685 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,776 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 18th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Greater Bendigo council area is 4.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (1,365 public and 364 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 566 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.2 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, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 45.4 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.

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Suburbs in the Greater Bendigo council area

Argyle · Auchmore · Bagshot North · Bendigo · Big Hill · Burnewang · California Gully · Campbells Forest · Corop West · Costerfield · Derrinal · Drummartin · Eaglehawk · Eaglehawk North · East Bendigo · Elmore · Eppalock · Golden Gully · Golden Square · Harcourt · Harcourt North · Heathcote · Heathcote South · Hunter · Huntly North · Ironbark · Jackass Flat · Kamarooka · Kangaroo Flat · Knowsley · Ladys Pass · Llanelly · Long Gully · Mandurang · Marong · Moormbool West · Mount Camel · Myers Flat · Myrtle Creek · Neilborough · North Bendigo · Quarry Hill · Ravenswood · Ravenswood South · Raywood · Redcastle · Runnymede · Sailors Gully · Sebastian · Shelbourne · Spring Gully · Strathdale · Strathfieldsaye · Tarnagulla · Toolleen · West Bendigo · Whipstick · White Hills · Wilsons Hill · Woodstock on Loddon · Woodvale

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