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 68 out of 100 (high), 76th 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 (90th percentile), homicide (79th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
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.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,103 | 426 | +24% |
| Property | 4,405 | 892 | +14% |
| Break-ins | 385 | 78 | -18% |
| Theft | 1,615 | 327 | +0% |
Horsham council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3409: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Clear Lake safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Clear Lake is in the Horsham council area, which recorded 2,100 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 99% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 73% higher than the national rate (1,220). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
Nearby suburbs
Arapiles · Douglas · Duchembegarra · Grass Flat · Horsham · Jilpanger · Miga Lake · Mitre · Noradjuha · Tooan
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