Kalimna West crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Kalimna West is a suburb in the East Gippsland council area of Victoria (about 49,669 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 88th 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 (76th percentile), sexual offences (82nd percentile), homicide (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 69.
In 2024-25: violent 2,193 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier); property 4,339 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 489 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,062 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 4th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the East Gippsland council area is 4.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (442 public and 178 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 222 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 45.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.9% of homes; about 44.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.2% 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 Kalimna West are those of the East Gippsland 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 | 2,193 | 1,089 | +28% |
| Property | 4,339 | 2,155 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 489 | 243 | -13% |
| Theft | 2,062 | 1,024 | +5% |
East Gippsland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3909: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Kalimna West safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Kalimna West is in the East Gippsland council area, which recorded 2,190 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 2.1 times the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 80% 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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