Homewood crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Homewood is a suburb in the Murrindindi council area of Victoria (about 15,648 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 256th 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 (89th percentile), sexual offences (38th percentile), break-ins (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 46.

In 2024-25: violent 799 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 2,039 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 428 per 100,000 (-29% vs five years earlier); theft 831 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 51st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Murrindindi council area is 3.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (45 public and 13 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 39 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 25 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.6% 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 Homewood are those of the Murrindindi council area.

Murrindindi council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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