Horsham crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Horsham is a council area in Victoria with about 20,252 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 76th 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 (75th percentile), sexual offences (90th percentile), homicide (79th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2024-25: violent 2,103 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 4,405 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 385 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,615 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Horsham council area is 3.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (288 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 91 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.4% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 44 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.7% 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 | 2,103 | 426 | +24% |
| Property | 4,405 | 892 | +14% |
| Break-ins | 385 | 78 | -18% |
| Theft | 1,615 | 327 | +0% |
Questions
Is Horsham safe?
Horsham recorded 2,100 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 99% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 73% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 68.3 out of 100 (high), 76th 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 Horsham?
78 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 385 per 100,000 residents, about 45% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Horsham council area
Arapiles · Clear Lake · Douglas · Duchembegarra · Grass Flat · Horsham · Jilpanger · Miga Lake · Mitre · Noradjuha · Tooan
Postcodes in the Horsham council area
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