Kingston crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Kingston is a council area in Victoria with about 168,061 residents. It has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 160th 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 (89th percentile), break-ins (63rd percentile), theft (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2024-25: violent 854 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); property 5,103 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 649 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); theft 2,893 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 46th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kingston council area is 4.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (949 public and 257 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 549 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.3 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 33.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.5% 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 | 854 | 1,436 | +9% |
| Property | 5,103 | 8,576 | +19% |
| Break-ins | 649 | 1,091 | +37% |
| Theft | 2,893 | 4,862 | +14% |
Questions
Is Kingston safe?
Kingston recorded 854 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 19% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 30% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 52.2 out of 100 (moderate), 160th 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 Kingston?
1,091 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 649 per 100,000 residents, about 8% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Kingston council area
Aspendale · Aspendale Gardens · Bonbeach · Braeside · Carrum · Chelsea · Chelsea Heights · Cheltenham · Cheltenham East · Clarinda · Clayton South · Dingley Village · Edithvale · Heatherton · Mentone · Moorabbin · Moorabbin Airport · Mordialloc · Parkdale · Patterson Lakes · Southland Centre · Springvale South · Waterways
Postcodes in the Kingston council area
3169 · 3172 · 3189 · 3192 · 3194 · 3195 · 3196 · 3197 · 3202
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