Mitchell crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Mitchell is a council area in Victoria with about 58,459 residents. It has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 136th 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 (84th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile), assault (49th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,394 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,083 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 409 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,094 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 22nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mitchell council area is 4.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (303 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 120 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.3 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 22.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.9% 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 | 1,394 | 815 | +11% |
| Property | 4,083 | 2,387 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 409 | 239 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,094 | 1,224 | +18% |
Questions
Is Mitchell safe?
Mitchell recorded 1,390 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 32% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 14% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 57.5 out of 100 (moderate), 136th 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 Mitchell?
239 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 409 per 100,000 residents, about 42% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Mitchell council area
Beveridge · Broadford · Bylands · Caveat · Chintin · Clonbinane · Darraweit Guim · Dropmore · Forbes · Glenaroua · Glenhope East · Hazeldene · Heathcote Junction · High Camp · Highlands · Hilldene · Kerrisdale · Kilmore · Kilmore East · Moranding · Northwood · Puckapunyal · Pyalong · Reedy Creek · Seymour · Strath Creek · Sugarloaf Creek · Sunday Creek · Tallarook · Tantaraboo · Tooborac · Trawool · Tyaak · Upper Plenty · Wallan · Wandong · Waterford Park · Whiteheads Creek · Willowmavin
Postcodes in the Mitchell council area
3521 · 3522 · 3658 · 3659 · 3660 · 3662 · 3753 · 3756 · 3758 · 3762 · 3764
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