Stonnington crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Stonnington is a council area in Victoria with about 114,789 residents. It has a Crime Score 64 out of 100 (high), 100th 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 (88th percentile), robbery (94th percentile), theft (97th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
In 2024-25: violent 1,132 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 8,846 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,500 per 100,000 (+73% vs five years earlier); theft 5,101 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Stonnington council area is 4.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (1,043 public and 250 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 458 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 43.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 42.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.5% 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 | 1,132 | 1,299 | +19% |
| Property | 8,846 | 10,154 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 1,500 | 1,722 | +73% |
| Theft | 5,101 | 5,855 | +11% |
Questions
Is Stonnington safe?
Stonnington recorded 1,130 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 7% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 7% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 64.2 out of 100 (high), 100th 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 Stonnington?
1,722 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 1,500 per 100,000 residents, 2.1 times the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Stonnington council area
Armadale · Caulfield East · Central Park · Darling · Darling South · Glen Iris · Hawksburn · Kooyong · Malvern · Malvern East · Prahran · Prahran East · South Yarra · Toorak · Tooronga · Wattletree Road PO · Windsor
Postcodes in the Stonnington council area
3141 · 3142 · 3143 · 3144 · 3145 · 3146 · 3181
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