Buldah crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Buldah is a suburb in the East Gippsland council area of Victoria (about 49,669 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 91st 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 (75th percentile), sexual offences (85th percentile), homicide (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 2,193 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 4,339 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 489 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,062 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 4th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the East Gippsland council area is 4.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (442 public and 178 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 222 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 45.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 44.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.2% 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 Buldah are those of the East Gippsland council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,193 | 1,089 | +28% |
| Property | 4,339 | 2,155 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 489 | 243 | -13% |
| Theft | 2,062 | 1,024 | +5% |
East Gippsland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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