Foxhow crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Foxhow is a suburb in the Corangamite council area of Victoria (about 15,712 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 234th 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 homicide (85th percentile), sexual offences (50th percentile), break-ins (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2024-25: violent 764 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 2,762 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); break-ins 547 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); theft 1,216 per 100,000 (+72% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 55th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Corangamite council area is 2.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (105 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 30 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in New Zealand, England, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 18.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.1% 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 Foxhow are those of the Corangamite 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 | 764 | 120 | +12% |
| Property | 2,762 | 434 | +38% |
| Break-ins | 547 | 86 | +49% |
| Theft | 1,216 | 191 | +72% |
Corangamite council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3323: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Foxhow safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Foxhow is in the Corangamite council area, which recorded 764 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 28% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 37% 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.
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