Caulfield East crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Caulfield East is a suburb in the Stonnington council area of Victoria (about 114,789 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 65 out of 100 (high), 100th 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 break-ins (86th percentile), robbery (93rd percentile), theft (97th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.

In 2024-25: violent 1,132 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); property 8,846 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,500 per 100,000 (+73% vs five years earlier); theft 5,101 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Stonnington council area is 4.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (1,043 public and 250 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 458 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 43.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 42.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 33.5% 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 Caulfield East are those of the Stonnington council area.

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

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