Barwon Downs crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Barwon Downs is a suburb in the Colac Otway council area of Victoria (about 22,209 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 49 out of 100 (moderate), 179th 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 sexual offences (87th percentile), homicide (69th percentile), assault (42nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,175 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); property 3,593 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 428 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); theft 1,810 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 32nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Colac Otway council area is 2.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.2% of occupied homes (224 public and 60 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 89 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 40.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 39.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.2% 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 Barwon Downs are those of the Colac Otway council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,175 | 261 | +37% |
| Property | 3,593 | 798 | +3% |
| Break-ins | 428 | 95 | -28% |
| Theft | 1,810 | 402 | +21% |
Colac Otway council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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