Dingee crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Dingee is a suburb in the Loddon council area of Victoria (about 7,718 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 249th 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 sexual offences (85th percentile), break-ins (79th percentile), vehicle theft (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.
In 2024-25: violent 700 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); property 3,861 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); break-ins 894 per 100,000 (+56% vs five years earlier); theft 1,762 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 59th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Loddon council area is 4.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (32 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 23 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.6% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 29.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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 Dingee are those of the Loddon 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 | 700 | 54 | -20% |
| Property | 3,861 | 298 | +33% |
| Break-ins | 894 | 69 | +56% |
| Theft | 1,762 | 136 | +20% |
Loddon council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3571: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Dingee safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Dingee is in the Loddon council area, which recorded 700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 34% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 43% 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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