Greater Geelong crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Greater Geelong is a council area in Victoria with about 295,052 residents. It has a Crime Score 54 out of 100 (moderate), 149th 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 (68th percentile), break-ins (56th percentile), assault (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 61.
In 2024-25: violent 1,001 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); property 4,714 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 589 per 100,000 (-22% vs five years earlier); theft 2,674 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Geelong council area is 4.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (2,577 public and 774 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,532 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 55.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 54.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.8% 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 | 1,001 | 2,952 | +2% |
| Property | 4,714 | 13,909 | -2% |
| Break-ins | 589 | 1,739 | -22% |
| Theft | 2,674 | 7,889 | +8% |
Questions
Is Greater Geelong safe?
Greater Geelong recorded 1,000 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 5% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 18% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 53.7 out of 100 (moderate), 149th 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 Geelong?
1,739 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 589 per 100,000 residents, about 16% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Greater Geelong council area
Anakie · Avalon · Bareena · Barwon Heads · Batesford · Bell Park · Bell Post Hill · Bellarine · Belmont · Breakwater · Breamlea · Clifton Springs · Connewarre · Corio · Curlewis · Drumcondra · Drysdale · East Geelong · Geelong · Grovedale · Hamlyn Heights · Highton · Indented Head · Lara · Leopold · Little River · Lovely Banks · Mannerim · Marcus Hill · Marshall · Moolap · Moorabool · Newcomb · Newtown · Norlane · North Geelong · North Shore · Ocean Grove · Point Wilson · Portarlington · Rippleside · Saint Albans Park · Saint Leonards · South Geelong · Thomson · Wallington · Wandana Heights · Waurn Ponds · Whittington
Postcodes in the Greater Geelong council area
3211 · 3212 · 3213 · 3214 · 3215 · 3216 · 3219 · 3220 · 3222 · 3223 · 3224 · 3226 · 3227
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