Moorabool crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Moorabool is a council area in Victoria with about 40,472 residents. It has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 184th 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 (80th percentile), sexual offences (49th percentile), break-ins (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 944 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 3,904 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 556 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 2,125 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moorabool council area is 3.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (220 public and 73 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 95 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 24.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.3% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 944 | 382 | +36% |
| Property | 3,904 | 1,580 | +18% |
| Break-ins | 556 | 225 | -14% |
| Theft | 2,125 | 860 | +38% |
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Suburbs in the Moorabool council area
Bacchus Marsh · Ballan · Balliang · Balliang East · Barrys Reef · Beremboke · Blackwood · Blakeville · Bunding · Bungal · Cargerie · Coimadai · Colbrook · Dales Creek · Durdidwarrah · Elaine · Fern Hill · Fiskville · Glenmore · Gordon · Greendale · Ingliston · Korobeit · Lerderderg · Little Hampton · Long Forest · Maddingley · Merrimu · Morrisons · Mount Doran · Mount Wallace · Myrniong · Newbury · North Blackwood · Parwan · Pentland Hills · Rowsley · Trentham · Trentham East
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