Golden Gully crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Golden Gully is a suburb in the Greater Bendigo council area of Victoria (about 126,568 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (moderate), 124th 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 (90th percentile), assault (46th percentile), homicide (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 1,456 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); property 5,019 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 685 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,776 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 18th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Bendigo council area is 4.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (1,365 public and 364 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 566 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 45.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.4% 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 Golden Gully are those of the Greater Bendigo council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,456 | 1,843 | +27% |
| Property | 5,019 | 6,353 | +5% |
| Break-ins | 685 | 867 | +1% |
| Theft | 2,776 | 3,513 | +17% |
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