Laverton North crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Laverton North is a suburb in the Wyndham council area of Victoria (about 347,830 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 48 out of 100 (moderate), 181st 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 (88th percentile), homicide (68th percentile), theft (75th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
In 2024-25: violent 830 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); property 4,669 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 674 per 100,000 (+50% vs five years earlier); theft 2,750 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wyndham council area is 6.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (643 public and 219 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,046 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 50.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 7.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 33.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 51.4% 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 Laverton North are those of the Wyndham council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 830 | 2,886 | +6% |
| Property | 4,669 | 16,239 | +27% |
| Break-ins | 674 | 2,346 | +50% |
| Theft | 2,750 | 9,566 | +26% |
Wyndham council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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