Mansfield crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Mansfield is a suburb in the Mansfield council area of Victoria (about 10,979 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 28 out of 100 (low), 300th 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 (83rd percentile), sexual offences (23rd percentile), assault (13th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.

In 2024-25: violent 565 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); property 1,731 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 209 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); theft 701 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Mansfield council area is 2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.4% of occupied homes (51 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 31 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 30.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 1.3% of homes; about 29.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.5% 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 Mansfield are those of the Mansfield council area.

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

Nearby suburbs

Ancona · Barwite · Bonnie Doon · Merton · Mirimbah · Woodfield

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