Wyndham crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area

Wyndham is a council area in Victoria with about 347,830 residents. It has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 177th 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 robbery (89th percentile), homicide (66th percentile), break-ins (54th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.

In 2024-25: violent 830 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); property 4,669 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 674 per 100,000 (+50% vs five years earlier); theft 2,750 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Wyndham council area is 6.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (643 public and 219 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,046 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 50.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.6% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 33.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 51.4% 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.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent8302,886+6%
Property4,66916,239+27%
Break-ins6742,346+50%
Theft2,7509,566+26%

Questions

Is Wyndham safe?

Wyndham recorded 830 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 22% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 32% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 49.3 out of 100 (moderate), 177th 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 Wyndham?

2,346 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 674 per 100,000 residents, close to the Victoria rate (705).

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