Greater Shepparton crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Greater Shepparton is a council area in Victoria with about 69,865 residents. It has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 44th 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 (67th percentile), homicide (88th percentile), break-ins (80th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 79.
In 2024-25: violent 1,725 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); property 6,215 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 975 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 3,013 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 11th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Shepparton council area is 4.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (843 public and 224 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 412 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 59.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, England, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.1% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 4% of homes; about 58.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.1% 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 | 1,725 | 1,205 | +22% |
| Property | 6,215 | 4,342 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 975 | 681 | -12% |
| Theft | 3,013 | 2,105 | +4% |
Questions
Is Greater Shepparton safe?
Greater Shepparton recorded 1,720 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 63% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 42% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 74.2 out of 100 (high), 44th 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 Shepparton?
681 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 975 per 100,000 residents, about 38% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Greater Shepparton council area
Arcadia · Arcadia South · Ardmona · Branditt · Bunbartha · Byrneside · Caniambo · Colliver · Congupna · Cooma · Coomboona · Cosgrove · Cosgrove South · Dhurringile · Dookie College · Dunkirk · Gillieston · Girgarre East · Harston · Katandra · Katandra West · Kialla · Kialla East · Kialla West · Marionvale · Marungi · Merrigum · Moorilim · Mooroopna · Mooroopna North · Mooroopna North West · Murchison · Murchison East · Murchison North · Orrvale · Shepparton · Shepparton East · Shepparton North · Shepparton South · Tallygaroopna · Tatura · Tatura East · Toolamba · Toolamba West · Undera · Waranga · Zeerust
Postcodes in the Greater Shepparton council area
3610 · 3614 · 3616 · 3617 · 3618 · 3629 · 3630 · 3631 · 3633 · 3634 · 3647
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