Mornington Peninsula crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Mornington Peninsula is a council area in Victoria with about 172,217 residents. It has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 182nd 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 break-ins (73rd percentile), homicide (69th percentile), theft (71st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2024-25: violent 801 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 4,293 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 863 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); theft 2,147 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 50th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mornington Peninsula council area is 3.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.5% of occupied homes (858 public and 108 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 431 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 25 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19% 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 | 801 | 1,379 | +17% |
| Property | 4,293 | 7,393 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 863 | 1,487 | +25% |
| Theft | 2,147 | 3,698 | +25% |
Questions
Is Mornington Peninsula safe?
Mornington Peninsula recorded 801 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 24% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 34% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 48.6 out of 100 (moderate), 182nd 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 Mornington Peninsula?
1,487 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 863 per 100,000 residents, about 23% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Mornington Peninsula council area
Arthurs Seat · Balnarring · Balnarring Beach · Baxter · Bittern · Blairgowrie · Boneo · Cape Schanck · Capel Sound · Crib Point · Dromana · Fingal · Flinders · Hastings · Hmas Cerberus · Langwarrin South · Main Ridge · McCrae · Merricks · Merricks Beach · Merricks North · Moorooduc · Mornington · Mount Eliza · Mount Martha · Pearcedale · Point Leo · Portsea · Red Hill · Red Hill South · Rosebud · Rye · Safety Beach · Saint Andrews Beach · Shoreham · Somers · Somerville · Sorrento · Tootgarook · Tuerong · Tyabb
Postcodes in the Mornington Peninsula council area
3911 · 3912 · 3913 · 3915 · 3916 · 3918 · 3919 · 3920 · 3926 · 3927 · 3928 · 3929 · 3930 · 3931 · 3933 · 3934 · 3936 · 3937 · 3938 · 3939 · 3940 · 3941 · 3942 · 3943 · 3944
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