Glenhope East crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Glenhope East is a suburb in the Mitchell council area of Victoria (about 58,459 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 136th 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 (84th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile), assault (49th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 59.
In 2024-25: violent 1,394 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,083 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 409 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,094 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 22nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mitchell council area is 4.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (303 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 120 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.3 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 22.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.9% 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 Glenhope East are those of the Mitchell 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 | 1,394 | 815 | +11% |
| Property | 4,083 | 2,387 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 409 | 239 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,094 | 1,224 | +18% |
Mitchell council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3522: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Glenhope East safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Glenhope East is in the Mitchell council area, which recorded 1,390 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 32% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 14% higher 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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