Monash crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Monash is a council area in Victoria with about 211,833 residents. It has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 185th 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 (84th percentile), homicide (68th percentile), break-ins (67th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2024-25: violent 654 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 5,299 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 709 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); theft 3,258 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 62nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Monash council area is 5.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (1,081 public and 341 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,687 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 86.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 52.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, India, Sri Lanka. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 85.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 53.3% 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 | 654 | 1,385 | +3% |
| Property | 5,299 | 11,224 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 709 | 1,502 | +29% |
| Theft | 3,258 | 6,902 | +33% |
Questions
Is Monash safe?
Monash recorded 654 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 38% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 46% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 48 out of 100 (moderate), 185th 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 Monash?
1,502 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 709 per 100,000 residents, close to the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Monash council area
Brandon Park · Chadstone · Chadstone Centre · Clayton · Glen Waverley · Holmesglen · Hughesdale · Huntingdale · Jordanville · Mount Waverley · Mulgrave · Notting Hill · Oakleigh · Oakleigh East · Oakleigh South · Pinewood · Syndal · Waverley Gardens · Wheelers Hill
Postcodes in the Monash council area
3148 · 3149 · 3150 · 3166 · 3167 · 3168 · 3170
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/vic-monash/ · Australian Crime Map