Hume crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Hume is a council area in Victoria with about 278,885 residents. It has a Crime Score 54 out of 100 (moderate), 147th 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 robbery (85th percentile), homicide (70th percentile), theft (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 64.
In 2024-25: violent 1,023 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 4,958 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 480 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); theft 2,771 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hume council area is 7.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (1,561 public and 241 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,148 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 45.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 42% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, Iraq, Turkey. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.4% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 44.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.6% 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 | 1,023 | 2,854 | -3% |
| Property | 4,958 | 13,826 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 480 | 1,338 | -20% |
| Theft | 2,771 | 7,729 | +21% |
Questions
Is Hume safe?
Hume recorded 1,020 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 16% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 54.2 out of 100 (moderate), 147th 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 Hume?
1,338 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 480 per 100,000 residents, about 32% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Police news near Hume
- Police investigate Reservoir death · Reservoir, 28 Oct 2026 · 14 km away
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Suburbs in the Hume council area
Attwood · Broadmeadows · Bulla · Campbellfield · Coolaroo · Craigieburn · Dallas · Donnybrook · Gladstone Park · Gowanbrae · Greenvale · Jacana · Kalkallo · Meadow Heights · Melbourne Airport · Mickleham · Oaklands Junction · Roxburgh Park · Somerton · Sunbury · Tullamarine · Westmeadows · Wildwood · Yuroke
Postcodes in the Hume council area
3043 · 3045 · 3047 · 3048 · 3049 · 3059 · 3061 · 3062 · 3063 · 3064 · 3428 · 3429
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