Kaarimba crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Kaarimba is a suburb in the Moira council area of Victoria (about 30,866 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 55 out of 100 (moderate), 149th 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 (90th percentile), sexual offences (85th percentile), assault (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2024-25: violent 1,264 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); property 3,311 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 551 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,481 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 26th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moira council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (254 public and 44 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 70 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Malaysia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 22.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11% 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 Kaarimba are those of the Moira council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,264 | 390 | +39% |
| Property | 3,311 | 1,022 | -16% |
| Break-ins | 551 | 170 | -32% |
| Theft | 1,481 | 457 | -18% |
Moira council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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