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 50 out of 100 (moderate), 173rd 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 (55th percentile), break-ins (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 51.
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 4.2% (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.
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 | 944 | 382 | +36% |
| Property | 3,904 | 1,580 | +18% |
| Break-ins | 556 | 225 | -14% |
| Theft | 2,125 | 860 | +38% |
Questions
Is Moorabool safe?
Moorabool recorded 944 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 11% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 23% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 50 out of 100 (moderate), 173rd 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 Moorabool?
225 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 556 per 100,000 residents, about 21% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Police news near Moorabool
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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
Postcodes in the Moorabool council area
3334 · 3340 · 3341 · 3342 · 3345 · 3458
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