Indigo crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Indigo is a council area in Victoria with about 17,758 residents. It has a Crime Score 23 out of 100 (low), 322nd 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 (82nd percentile), sexual offences (35th percentile), theft (22nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.
In 2024-25: violent 518 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); property 2,010 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 259 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier); theft 918 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Indigo council area is 2.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.6% of occupied homes (80 public and 24 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 11 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 10.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.3% 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 | 518 | 92 | +29% |
| Property | 2,010 | 357 | +5% |
| Break-ins | 259 | 46 | -40% |
| Theft | 918 | 163 | -3% |
Questions
Is Indigo safe?
Indigo recorded 518 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 51% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 57% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 22.6 out of 100 (low), 322nd 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 Indigo?
46 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 259 per 100,000 residents, about 63% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Indigo council area
Barnawartha · Beechworth · Boorhaman North · Brimin · Browns Plains · Bruarong · Carlyle · Charleroi · Chiltern · Chiltern Valley · Cornishtown · Gooramadda · Huon · Indigo Valley · Murmungee · Rutherglen · Sandy Creek · Stanley · Wahgunyah · Wooragee · Yackandandah
Postcodes in the Indigo council area
3683 · 3685 · 3687 · 3688 · 3695 · 3747 · 3749
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