Greater Dandenong crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Greater Dandenong is a council area in Victoria with about 168,684 residents. It has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 49th 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 assault (62nd percentile), robbery (97th percentile), homicide (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2024-25: violent 1,661 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 7,716 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 848 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier); theft 4,388 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Dandenong council area is 7.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.8% of occupied homes (1,682 public and 283 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 2,380 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 149.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 61.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Vietnam, India, Cambodia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.2% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 147.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 62.3% 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 | 1,661 | 2,801 | +24% |
| Property | 7,716 | 13,016 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 848 | 1,430 | +30% |
| Theft | 4,388 | 7,402 | +35% |
Questions
Is Greater Dandenong safe?
Greater Dandenong recorded 1,660 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 57% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 36% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 73.8 out of 100 (high), 49th 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 Greater Dandenong?
1,430 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 848 per 100,000 residents, about 20% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Greater Dandenong council area
Bangholme · Dandenong · Dandenong North · Dandenong South · Keysborough · Noble Park · Noble Park North · Springvale
Postcodes in the Greater Dandenong council area
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