Albion crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Albion is a suburb in the Brimbank council area of Victoria (about 198,181 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 118th 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 (81st percentile), robbery (93rd percentile), assault (39th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
In 2024-25: violent 986 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); property 5,677 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 645 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); theft 3,159 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Brimbank council area is 7.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (1,235 public and 355 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,526 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 79.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 51.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Vietnam, India, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 77.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 52% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Victoria publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Albion are those of the Brimbank council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 986 | 1,954 | -16% |
| Property | 5,677 | 11,250 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 645 | 1,279 | -4% |
| Theft | 3,159 | 6,260 | -7% |
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