Jeparit crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Jeparit is a suburb in the Hindmarsh council area of Victoria (about 5,447 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 216th 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 (94th percentile), sexual offences (83rd percentile), assault (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.

In 2024-25: violent 1,212 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); property 2,130 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 459 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); theft 918 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 31st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Hindmarsh council area is 3.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (23 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 26 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 46.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.2% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, Myanmar, Thailand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 45.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.4% 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 Jeparit are those of the Hindmarsh council area.

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

Nearby suburbs

Albacutya · Antwerp · Dimboola · Rainbow · Tarranyurk · Yaapeet

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/vic/jeparit/ · Australian Crime Map