Wangaratta crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Wangaratta is a council area in Victoria with about 30,089 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 127th 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 homicide (86th percentile), sexual offences (78th percentile), assault (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.
In 2024-25: violent 1,409 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 4,400 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); break-ins 435 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,360 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 21st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wangaratta council area is 2.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (371 public and 69 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 122 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 40.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Italy, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 40.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.8% 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 | 1,409 | 424 | +17% |
| Property | 4,400 | 1,324 | +39% |
| Break-ins | 435 | 131 | +13% |
| Theft | 2,360 | 710 | +38% |
Questions
Is Wangaratta safe?
Wangaratta recorded 1,410 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 33% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 16% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 59.6 out of 100 (moderate), 127th 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 Wangaratta?
131 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 435 per 100,000 residents, about 38% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Wangaratta council area
Boralma · Bowmans Forest · Eldorado · Lilliput · Moyhu · Myrrhee · Norong · Springhurst · Wangaratta · Whitfield · Whorouly · Whorouly East · Whorouly South
Postcodes in the Wangaratta council area
3677 · 3682 · 3732 · 3733 · 3735 · 3746
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