Essendon West crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Essendon West is a suburb in the Moonee Valley council area of Victoria (about 130,501 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 211th 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 robbery (80th percentile), theft (86th percentile), homicide (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.
In 2024-25: violent 769 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 5,492 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 489 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); theft 3,540 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moonee Valley council area is 4.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (1,713 public and 212 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 320 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 28.9% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Italy, India, Vietnam. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 25.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 29.3% 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 Essendon West are those of the Moonee Valley council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 769 | 1,003 | +17% |
| Property | 5,492 | 7,167 | +27% |
| Break-ins | 489 | 638 | -7% |
| Theft | 3,540 | 4,620 | +36% |
Moonee Valley council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Aberfeldie · Airport West · Ascot Vale · Avondale Heights · Cross Keys · Essendon · Essendon Fields · Essendon North · Highpoint City · Keilor Park · Maribyrnong · Moonee Ponds · Niddrie · Strathmore · Strathmore Heights · Travancore
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/vic/essendon-west/ · Australian Crime Map