Leneva crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Leneva is a suburb in the Wodonga council area of Victoria (about 44,717 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 81st 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 sexual offences (88th percentile), homicide (78th percentile), assault (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.
In 2024-25: violent 1,337 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 5,164 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 689 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,634 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 24th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wodonga council area is 4.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.6% of occupied homes (854 public and 67 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 213 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 49.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.6% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 5.2% of homes; about 48.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.1% 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 Leneva are those of the Wodonga council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,337 | 598 | +24% |
| Property | 5,164 | 2,309 | +15% |
| Break-ins | 689 | 308 | +1% |
| Theft | 2,634 | 1,178 | +15% |
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Nearby suburbs
Barnawartha North · Bellbridge · Bonegilla · Ebden · Kergunyah South · Killara · Talgarno · Tangambalanga · Upper Gundowring · West Wodonga · Wodonga
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