Heathwood crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Heathwood is a suburb in the Maroondah council area of Victoria (about 120,247 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 191st 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 robbery (80th percentile), sexual offences (57th percentile), homicide (51st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 50.
In 2024-25: violent 946 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,294 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 502 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); theft 2,568 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Maroondah council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (786 public and 258 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 475 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 41.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 26% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 40.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 26.5% 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 Heathwood are those of the Maroondah 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 | 946 | 1,138 | +11% |
| Property | 4,294 | 5,164 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 502 | 604 | +10% |
| Theft | 2,568 | 3,088 | +35% |
Maroondah council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3134: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Heathwood safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Heathwood is in the Maroondah council area, which recorded 946 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 11% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 22% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Croydon · Croydon Hills · Croydon North · Croydon South · Heathmont · Ringwood · Ringwood East · Ringwood North · Warrandyte South · Warranwood
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/vic/heathwood/ · Australian Crime Map