Fingal crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Fingal is a suburb in the Mornington Peninsula council area of Victoria (about 172,217 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 206th 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 (66th percentile), homicide (63rd percentile), theft (67th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 801 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); property 4,293 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 863 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); theft 2,147 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 50th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mornington Peninsula council area is 3.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.5% of occupied homes (858 public and 108 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 431 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 25 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19% 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 Fingal are those of the Mornington Peninsula council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 801 | 1,379 | +17% |
| Property | 4,293 | 7,393 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 863 | 1,487 | +25% |
| Theft | 2,147 | 3,698 | +25% |
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