Buckland crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Buckland is a suburb in the Alpine council area of Victoria (about 13,236 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 330th 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 (81st percentile), homicide (18th percentile), assault (11th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.

In 2024-25: violent 476 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); property 1,715 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 249 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); theft 740 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 75th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Alpine council area is 2.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (61 public and 14 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 32 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Italy, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.3% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 24 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.6% 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 Buckland are those of the Alpine council area.

Alpine council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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