Blackwood Forest crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Blackwood Forest is a suburb in the Bass Coast council area of Victoria (about 44,377 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 55 out of 100 (moderate), 151st 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 (79th percentile), assault (52nd percentile), sexual offences (74th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 1,293 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); property 3,671 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); break-ins 703 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); theft 1,573 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 25th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bass Coast council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (225 public and 81 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 72 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 81 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 16.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.6% 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 Blackwood Forest are those of the Bass Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,293 | 574 | +38% |
| Property | 3,671 | 1,629 | +21% |
| Break-ins | 703 | 312 | +24% |
| Theft | 1,573 | 698 | +19% |
Bass Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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