Pyrenees crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Pyrenees is a council area in Victoria with about 7,957 residents. It has a Crime Score 34 out of 100 (low), 280th 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 (62nd percentile), vehicle theft (84th percentile), sexual offences (33rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 60.
In 2024-25: violent 754 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); property 3,821 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 779 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); theft 1,709 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Pyrenees council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.6% of occupied homes (18 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 0.6% of homes; about 25.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.7% 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 | 754 | 60 | -32% |
| Property | 3,821 | 304 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 779 | 62 | +13% |
| Theft | 1,709 | 136 | +33% |
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Suburbs in the Pyrenees council area
Amphitheatre · Avoca · Barkly · Beaufort · Chute · Concongella · Dooboobetic · Frenchmans · Joel Joel · Joel South · Lake Goldsmith · Lake Wongan · Landsborough · Landsborough West · Moonambel · Mount Lonarch · Navarre · Nerring · Percydale · Raglan · Saint Arnaud · Stockyard Hill · Stoneleigh · Tanwood · Trawalla · Tulkara · Warrenmang · Waterloo · Wattle Creek · Yawong Hills
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