Nillumbik crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Nillumbik is a council area in Victoria with about 63,797 residents. It has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 312th 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 (61st percentile), homicide (50th percentile), theft (34th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.
In 2024-25: violent 442 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); property 2,205 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 342 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,182 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 77th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Nillumbik council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.5% of occupied homes (100 public and 14 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 79 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 12.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 0.5% of homes; about 12.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.1% 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 | 442 | 282 | +10% |
| Property | 2,205 | 1,407 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 342 | 218 | +18% |
| Theft | 1,182 | 754 | +33% |
Questions
Is Nillumbik safe?
Nillumbik recorded 442 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 58% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 64% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 23.9 out of 100 (low), 312th 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 Nillumbik?
218 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 342 per 100,000 residents, about 51% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Nillumbik council area
Arthurs Creek · Bend of Islands · Cottles Bridge · Diamond Creek · Eltham · Eltham North · Hurstbridge · Kangaroo Ground · North Warrandyte · Nutfield · Panton Hill · Plenty · Research · Smiths Gully · St Andrews · Strathewen · Warrandyte · Watsons Creek · Wattle Glen · Yarrambat
Postcodes in the Nillumbik council area
3089 · 3090 · 3091 · 3095 · 3096 · 3097 · 3099 · 3113 · 3759 · 3760 · 3761
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