Meerlieu crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Meerlieu is a suburb in the Wellington council area of Victoria (about 46,551 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 70 out of 100 (high), 62nd 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (91st percentile), homicide (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.
In 2024-25: violent 1,914 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 5,065 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 754 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,552 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 8th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wellington council area is 4.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (379 public and 79 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 126 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 27.6 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, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.2% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 27.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.2% 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 Meerlieu are those of the Wellington council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,914 | 891 | +15% |
| Property | 5,065 | 2,358 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 754 | 351 | +1% |
| Theft | 2,552 | 1,188 | +33% |
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