Mount Alexander crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Mount Alexander is a council area in Victoria with about 20,939 residents. It has a Crime Score 36 out of 100 (low), 268th 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 sexual offences (49th percentile), robbery (58th percentile), break-ins (46th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2024-25: violent 884 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); property 3,348 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 540 per 100,000 (+54% vs five years earlier); theft 1,552 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Alexander council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (146 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 43 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 21.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 20.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.6% 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 | 884 | 185 | +40% |
| Property | 3,348 | 701 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 540 | 113 | +54% |
| Theft | 1,552 | 325 | +17% |
Questions
Is Mount Alexander safe?
Mount Alexander recorded 884 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 16% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 27% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 36 out of 100 (low), 268th 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 Mount Alexander?
113 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 540 per 100,000 residents, about 23% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Mount Alexander council area
Baringhup · Baringhup West · Bradford · Castlemaine · Chewton · Chewton Bushlands · Eastville · Elphinstone · Faraday · Glenluce · Green Gully · Guildford · Irishtown · Laanecoorie · Maldon · McKenzie Hill · Metcalfe · Moonlight Flat · Muckleford · Muckleford South · Newstead · Nuggetty · Sandon · Sutton Grange · Taradale · Tarilta · Tarrengower · Vaughan · Walmer · Welshmans Reef · Woodstock West
Postcodes in the Mount Alexander council area
3447 · 3448 · 3450 · 3451 · 3462 · 3463
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