Darling South crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Darling South is a suburb in the Stonnington council area of Victoria (about 114,789 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 64 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 (88th percentile), robbery (94th percentile), theft (97th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 66.
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 4.6% (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 Darling South are those of the Stonnington 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 | 1,132 | 1,299 | +19% |
| Property | 8,846 | 10,154 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 1,500 | 1,722 | +73% |
| Theft | 5,101 | 5,855 | +11% |
Stonnington council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3145: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Darling South safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Darling South is in the Stonnington council area, which recorded 1,130 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 7% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 7% lower 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
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