Loddon crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Loddon is a council area in Victoria with about 7,718 residents. It has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 249th 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 sexual offences (85th percentile), break-ins (79th percentile), vehicle theft (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2024-25: violent 700 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); property 3,861 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); break-ins 894 per 100,000 (+56% vs five years earlier); theft 1,762 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Loddon council area is 4.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (32 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 23 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.6% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 29.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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 | 700 | 54 | -20% |
| Property | 3,861 | 298 | +33% |
| Break-ins | 894 | 69 | +56% |
| Theft | 1,762 | 136 | +20% |
Questions
Is Loddon safe?
Loddon recorded 700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 34% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 43% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 39 out of 100 (low), 249th 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 Loddon?
69 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 894 per 100,000 residents, about 27% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Loddon council area
Archdale · Archdale Junction · Barraport · Barraport West · Bealiba · Bears Lagoon · Boort · Borung · Brenanah · Bridgewater · Bridgewater North · Bridgewater on Loddon · Burkes Flat · Canary Island · Catumnal · Cochranes Creek · Derby · Dingee · Durham Ox · Emu · Fentons Creek · Fernihurst · Gladfield · Glenalbyn · Gredgwin · Inglewood · Jarklin · Jungaburra · Kamarooka North · Kingower · Kinypanial · Korong Vale · Kurraca · Kurraca West · Kurting · Leaghur · Leichardt · Loddon Vale · Logan · Mincha · Minmindie · Mologa · Mysia · Nine Mile · Pompapiel · Powlett Plains · Pyramid Hill · Rheola · Salisbury West · Sylvaterre · Tandarra · Terrick Terrick · Wedderburn Junction · Wehla · Woolshed Flat · Yando · Yarraberb · Yarrawalla
Postcodes in the Loddon council area
3475 · 3516 · 3517 · 3518 · 3520 · 3537 · 3571 · 3575 · 3576
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