Clear Lake crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Clear Lake is a suburb in the Horsham council area of Victoria (about 20,252 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 71 out of 100 (high), 56th 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 (76th percentile), sexual offences (90th percentile), homicide (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 64.

In 2024-25: violent 2,103 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 4,405 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 385 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 1,615 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Horsham council area is 3.1% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (288 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 91 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 44.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.4% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 44 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.7% 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 Clear Lake are those of the Horsham council area.

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

Nearby suburbs

Arapiles · Douglas · Duchembegarra · Grass Flat · Horsham · Jilpanger · Miga Lake · Mitre · Noradjuha · Tooan

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