Queenscliffe crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Queenscliffe is a council area in Victoria with about 3,317 residents. It has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 351st 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 (24th percentile), robbery (26th percentile), fraud (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2024-25: violent 513 per 100,000 (+76% vs five years earlier); property 2,321 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 362 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); theft 1,266 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Queenscliffe council area is 3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.6% of occupied homes (9 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 0 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 0 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 0.6% of homes; about 0 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.9% 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 | 513 | 17 | +76% |
| Property | 2,321 | 77 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 362 | 12 | -34% |
| Theft | 1,266 | 42 | -18% |
Questions
Is Queenscliffe safe?
Queenscliffe recorded 513 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 52% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 58% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 15.7 out of 100 (very low), 351st 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 Queenscliffe?
12 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 362 per 100,000 residents, about 49% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Queenscliffe council area
Point Lonsdale · Queenscliff · Swan Bay · Swan Island
Postcodes in the Queenscliffe council area
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