Golden Point crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Golden Point is a suburb in the Central Goldfields council area of Victoria (about 13,753 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 62 out of 100 (high), 109th 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 assault (63rd percentile), sexual offences (91st percentile), break-ins (68th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 1,869 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 4,734 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); break-ins 763 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); theft 2,116 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 9th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Central Goldfields council area is 5.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (163 public and 52 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 25 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 18.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.2% 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 Point are those of the Central Goldfields 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 | 1,869 | 257 | +36% |
| Property | 4,734 | 651 | +37% |
| Break-ins | 763 | 105 | +49% |
| Theft | 2,116 | 291 | +37% |
Central Goldfields council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3465: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Golden Point safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Golden Point is in the Central Goldfields council area, which recorded 1,870 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 77% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 53% 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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