Melton crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Melton is a council area in Victoria with about 231,567 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 200th 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 (87th percentile), homicide (53rd percentile), theft (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2024-25: violent 824 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); property 4,049 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 487 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 2,398 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 49th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Melton council area is 6.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (343 public and 147 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 560 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 28.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 38.1% 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 | 824 | 1,909 | -10% |
| Property | 4,049 | 9,375 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 487 | 1,127 | -15% |
| Theft | 2,398 | 5,552 | +1% |
Questions
Is Melton safe?
Melton recorded 824 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 22% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 32% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 46.6 out of 100 (moderate), 200th 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 Melton?
1,127 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 487 per 100,000 residents, about 31% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Melton council area
Brookfield · Burnside · Burnside Heights · Cairnlea · Calder Park · Caroline Springs · Deer Park · Delahey · Diggers Rest · Exford · Eynesbury · Hillside · Kurunjang · Melton · Melton South · Melton West · Plumpton · Plumpton · Ravenhall · Rockbank · Sydenham · Taylors Hill · Toolern Vale
Postcodes in the Melton council area
3023 · 3037 · 3335 · 3336 · 3337 · 3338 · 3427
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