Mildura crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Mildura is a council area in Victoria with about 57,309 residents. It has a Crime Score 81 out of 100 (very high), 23rd 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 assault (71st percentile), homicide (85th percentile), break-ins (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 79.
In 2024-25: violent 1,848 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); property 7,180 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,009 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); theft 3,642 per 100,000 (+43% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 10th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mildura council area is 5.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (698 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 344 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Malaysia, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.8% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.8% of homes; about 59.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.1% 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 | 1,848 | 1,059 | +4% |
| Property | 7,180 | 4,115 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 1,009 | 578 | +2% |
| Theft | 3,642 | 2,087 | +43% |
Questions
Is Mildura safe?
Mildura recorded 1,850 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 75% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 52% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 80.8 out of 100 (very high), 23rd 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 Mildura?
578 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 1,010 per 100,000 residents, about 43% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Mildura council area
Big Desert · Birdwoodton · Boinka · Cabarita · Cardross · Carina · Carwarp · Colignan · Cowangie · Cullulleraine · Hattah · Iraak · Irymple · Koorlong · Kulwin · Lindsay Point · Linga · Merbein · Merbein South · Merbein West · Meringur · Merrinee · Mildura · Mittyack · Murray-Sunset · Murrayville · Nangiloc · Neds Corner · Nichols Point · Ouyen · Panitya · Patchewollock · Red Cliffs · Sunnycliffs · Torrita · Tutye · Underbool · Walpeup · Wargan · Werrimull · Yelta
Postcodes in the Mildura council area
3490 · 3491 · 3494 · 3496 · 3498 · 3500 · 3501 · 3505 · 3506 · 3507 · 3509 · 3512
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