Knox crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Knox is a council area in Victoria with about 163,820 residents. It has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 188th 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 (82nd percentile), sexual offences (66th percentile), theft (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 51.
In 2024-25: violent 1,000 per 100,000 (+22% vs five years earlier); property 4,108 per 100,000 (-6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 508 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 2,420 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 39th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Knox council area is 4.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (925 public and 249 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 431 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 27 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 34.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, India, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 26.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 34.6% 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 | 1,000 | 1,639 | +22% |
| Property | 4,108 | 6,730 | -6% |
| Break-ins | 508 | 832 | -14% |
| Theft | 2,420 | 3,964 | -2% |
Questions
Is Knox safe?
Knox recorded 1,000 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 5% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 18% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 47.7 out of 100 (moderate), 188th 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 Knox?
832 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 508 per 100,000 residents, about 28% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Knox council area
Bayswater · Bayswater North · Boronia · Knox City Centre · Knoxfield · Rowville · Scoresby · Studfield · The Basin · Wantirna · Wantirna South
Postcodes in the Knox council area
3152 · 3153 · 3154 · 3155 · 3178 · 3179 · 3180
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/vic-knox/ · Australian Crime Map