Hepburn crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Hepburn is a council area in Victoria with about 17,011 residents. It has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 253rd 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 (98th percentile), break-ins (56th percentile), sexual offences (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2024-25: violent 529 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 3,515 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 617 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,905 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hepburn council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (88 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 39 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 23.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.5% 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 | 529 | 90 | -13% |
| Property | 3,515 | 598 | +14% |
| Break-ins | 617 | 105 | -12% |
| Theft | 1,905 | 324 | +41% |
Questions
Is Hepburn safe?
Hepburn recorded 529 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 50% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 57% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 38.5 out of 100 (low), 253rd 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 Hepburn?
105 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 617 per 100,000 residents, about 12% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Hepburn council area
Bald Hills · Barkstead · Basalt · Broomfield · Bullarto · Clunes · Coghills Creek · Creswick · Creswick North · Daylesford · Dean · Drummond · Drummond North · Dry Diggings · Glendaruel · Glengower · Hepburn Springs · Kooroocheang · Langdons Hill · Lyonville · Malmsbury · Mount Beckworth · Mount Cameron · Musk · Newlyn North · Porcupine Ridge · Sailors Hill · Shepherds Flat · Smokeytown · Springmount · Strathlea · Tourello · Ullina · Werona · Yandoit Hills
Postcodes in the Hepburn council area
3363 · 3364 · 3370 · 3446 · 3460 · 3461
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