Mansfield crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Mansfield is a council area in Victoria with about 10,979 residents. It has a Crime Score 27 out of 100 (low), 299th 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 (90th percentile), sexual offences (23rd percentile), assault (12th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 34.
In 2024-25: violent 565 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); property 1,731 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 209 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); theft 701 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mansfield council area is 2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (51 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 31 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 30.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 29.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.5% 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 | 565 | 62 | -17% |
| Property | 1,731 | 190 | +10% |
| Break-ins | 209 | 23 | +14% |
| Theft | 701 | 77 | -11% |
Questions
Is Mansfield safe?
Mansfield recorded 565 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 47% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 54% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 27.4 out of 100 (low), 299th 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 Mansfield?
23 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 209 per 100,000 residents, about 70% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Mansfield council area
Ancona · Barwite · Bonnie Doon · Mansfield · Merton · Mirimbah · Woodfield
Postcodes in the Mansfield council area
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