Whitehorse crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Whitehorse is a council area in Victoria with about 185,256 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 223rd 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 (66th percentile), homicide (64th percentile), robbery (66th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
In 2024-25: violent 589 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); property 4,660 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 770 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); theft 2,627 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 64th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Whitehorse council area is 5.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (1,058 public and 345 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,233 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 71.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 42.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, India, Malaysia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 70.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 43.6% 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 | 589 | 1,091 | +4% |
| Property | 4,660 | 8,633 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 770 | 1,426 | +19% |
| Theft | 2,627 | 4,866 | +34% |
Questions
Is Whitehorse safe?
Whitehorse recorded 589 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 44% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 52% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 43.6 out of 100 (moderate), 223rd 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 Whitehorse?
1,426 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 770 per 100,000 residents, about 9% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Whitehorse council area
Bennettswood · Blackburn · Blackburn North · Blackburn South · Box Hill · Box Hill North · Box Hill South · Burwood · Burwood East · Forest Hill · Mitcham · Mitcham North · Mont Albert North · Nunawading · Rangeview · Surrey Hills South · Vermont · Vermont South
Postcodes in the Whitehorse council area
3125 · 3128 · 3129 · 3130 · 3131 · 3132 · 3133 · 3151
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