Bolton crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Bolton is a suburb in the Swan Hill council area of Victoria (about 20,962 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 92nd 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 assault (71st percentile), homicide (84th percentile), sexual offences (79th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2024-25: violent 1,598 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 4,289 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 463 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,047 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 14th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Swan Hill council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.2% of occupied homes (324 public and 75 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 232 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 109.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Malaysia, Vietnam, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 4.8% of homes; about 107.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 18.6% 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 Bolton are those of the Swan Hill council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,598 | 335 | +8% |
| Property | 4,289 | 899 | -2% |
| Break-ins | 463 | 97 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,047 | 429 | +4% |
Swan Hill council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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