Yarra Ranges crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Yarra Ranges is a council area in Victoria with about 160,906 residents. It has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 279th 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 (60th percentile), robbery (60th percentile), sexual offences (41st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
In 2024-25: violent 766 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); property 2,582 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 333 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,260 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 54th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yarra Ranges council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (424 public and 146 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 418 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 26.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.8% 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 | 766 | 1,232 | +9% |
| Property | 2,582 | 4,155 | -14% |
| Break-ins | 333 | 536 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,260 | 2,028 | -9% |
Questions
Is Yarra Ranges safe?
Yarra Ranges recorded 766 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 28% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 37% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 33 out of 100 (low), 279th 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 Yarra Ranges?
536 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 333 per 100,000 residents, about 53% lower than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Yarra Ranges council area
Badger Creek · Beenak · Belgrave · Belgrave Heights · Belgrave South · Big Pats Creek · Cambarville · Castella · Chirnside Park · Christmas Hills · Chum Creek · Coldstream · Dixons Creek · Don Valley · East Warburton · Ferntree Gully · Ferny Creek · Gilderoy · Gladysdale · Gruyere · Healesville · Hoddles Creek · Kallista · Kalorama · Kilsyth · Kilsyth South · Launching Place · Lilydale · Lysterfield · Lysterfield South · Marysville · Mcmahons Creek · Menzies Creek · Millgrove · Monbulk · Montrose · Mooroolbark · Mount Dandenong · Mount Evelyn · Mount Toolebewong · Olinda · Powelltown · Reefton · Sassafras · Sassafras Gully · Selby · Seville · Seville East · Sherbrooke · Silvan · Steels Creek · Tarrawarra · Tecoma · The Patch · Three Bridges · Toolangi · Tremont · Upper Ferntree Gully · Upwey · Wandin East · Wandin North · Warburton · Wesburn · Woori Yallock · Yarra Glen · Yarra Junction · Yellingbo · Yering
Postcodes in the Yarra Ranges council area
3116 · 3137 · 3138 · 3139 · 3140 · 3156 · 3158 · 3159 · 3160 · 3765 · 3766 · 3767 · 3770 · 3775 · 3777 · 3779 · 3785 · 3786 · 3787 · 3788 · 3789 · 3791 · 3792 · 3793 · 3795 · 3796 · 3797 · 3799
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