Maroondah crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Maroondah is a council area in Victoria with about 120,247 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 191st 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 (80th percentile), sexual offences (57th percentile), homicide (51st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 946 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,294 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 502 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); theft 2,568 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Maroondah council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (786 public and 258 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 475 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 41.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 26% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 40.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 26.5% 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 | 946 | 1,138 | +11% |
| Property | 4,294 | 5,164 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 502 | 604 | +10% |
| Theft | 2,568 | 3,088 | +35% |
Questions
Is Maroondah safe?
Maroondah recorded 946 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 11% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 22% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 47.4 out of 100 (moderate), 191st 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 Maroondah?
604 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 502 per 100,000 residents, about 29% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Maroondah council area
Croydon · Croydon Hills · Croydon North · Croydon South · Heathmont · Heathwood · Ringwood · Ringwood East · Ringwood North · Warrandyte South · Warranwood
Postcodes in the Maroondah council area
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