Yarriambiack crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Yarriambiack is a council area in Victoria with about 6,295 residents. It has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 134th 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 (96th percentile), assault (54th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2024-25: violent 1,461 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); property 3,590 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 683 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 1,398 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yarriambiack council area is 2.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.6% of occupied homes (27 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 18 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 28.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 27.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.4% 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.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,461 | 92 | -36% |
| Property | 3,590 | 226 | +12% |
| Break-ins | 683 | 43 | -13% |
| Theft | 1,398 | 88 | +5% |
Questions
Is Yarriambiack safe?
Yarriambiack recorded 1,460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 38% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 20% higher than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 58.1 out of 100 (moderate), 134th 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 Yarriambiack?
43 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 683 per 100,000 residents, close to the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Yarriambiack council area
Aubrey · Bangerang · Banyena · Beulah · Boolite · Brim · Cannum · Crymelon · Hopetoun · Kellalac · Kenmare · Kewell · Lah · Lascelles · Minyip · Murtoa · Reedy Dam · Rosebery · Rupanyup · Sheep Hills · Speed · Tempy · Turriff · Turriff East · Warracknabeal · Wilkur · Willenabrina
Postcodes in the Yarriambiack council area
3388 · 3390 · 3391 · 3392 · 3393 · 3395 · 3396 · 3487 · 3488 · 3489
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