Swan Hill crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Swan Hill is a council area in Victoria with about 20,962 residents. It has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 95th 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 assault (71st percentile), homicide (90th percentile), sexual offences (77th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 72.
In 2024-25: violent 1,598 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 4,289 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 463 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,047 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 14th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Swan Hill council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.2% of occupied homes (324 public and 75 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 232 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 109.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Malaysia, Vietnam, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 107.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.6% 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 | 1,598 | 335 | +8% |
| Property | 4,289 | 899 | -2% |
| Break-ins | 463 | 97 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,047 | 429 | +4% |
Questions
Is Swan Hill safe?
Swan Hill recorded 1,600 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 51% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 31% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 65.4 out of 100 (high), 95th 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 Swan Hill?
97 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 463 per 100,000 residents, about 34% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Swan Hill council area
Annuello · Bannerton · Beverford · Bolton · Boundary Bend · Bulga · Chillingollah · Chinangin · Chinkapook · Cocamba · Fish Point · Gerahmin · Goschen · Gowanford · Happy Valley · Kenley · Kooloonong · Lake Boga · Lake Powell · Liparoo · Manangatang · Meatian · Miralie · Murnungin · Murrawee · Murraydale · Narrung · Natya · Nowie · Nyah · Nyah West · Pental Island · Piangil · Pira · Polisbet · Robinvale Irrigation District Section B · Robinvale Irrigation District Section D · Robinvale Irrigation District Section E · Springfield · Swan Hill · Swan Hill West · Tol Tol · Towan · Tresco · Tresco West · Turoar · Tyntynder · Tyntynder South · Ultima · Ultima East · Vinifera · Waitchie · Wandown · Wemen · Winlaton · Winnambool · Wood Wood · Woorinen · Woorinen North · Woorinen South
Postcodes in the Swan Hill council area
3544 · 3546 · 3549 · 3583 · 3584 · 3585 · 3586 · 3588 · 3589 · 3590 · 3591 · 3594 · 3595 · 3596 · 3597 · 3599
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