Moonee Valley crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Moonee Valley is a council area in Victoria with about 130,501 residents. It has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 207th 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 (82nd percentile), theft (90th percentile), homicide (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
In 2024-25: violent 769 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 5,492 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 489 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 3,540 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moonee Valley council area is 4.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (1,713 public and 212 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 320 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 28.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Italy, India, Vietnam. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 29.3% 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 | 769 | 1,003 | +17% |
| Property | 5,492 | 7,167 | +27% |
| Break-ins | 489 | 638 | -7% |
| Theft | 3,540 | 4,620 | +36% |
Questions
Is Moonee Valley safe?
Moonee Valley recorded 769 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 27% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 37% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 45.5 out of 100 (moderate), 207th 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 Moonee Valley?
638 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 489 per 100,000 residents, about 31% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Police news near Moonee Valley
- Police investigate Reservoir death · Reservoir, 28 Oct 2026 · 11 km away
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Suburbs in the Moonee Valley council area
Aberfeldie · Airport West · Ascot Vale · Avondale Heights · Cross Keys · Essendon · Essendon Fields · Essendon North · Essendon West · Highpoint City · Keilor Park · Maribyrnong · Moonee Ponds · Niddrie · Strathmore · Strathmore Heights · Travancore
Postcodes in the Moonee Valley council area
3032 · 3034 · 3039 · 3040 · 3041 · 3042
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