Melbourne Airport crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Melbourne Airport is a suburb in the Hume council area of Victoria (about 278,885 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 53 out of 100 (moderate), 156th 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 (82nd percentile), homicide (67th percentile), assault (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 65.
In 2024-25: violent 1,023 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 4,958 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 480 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); theft 2,771 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hume council area is 7.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (1,561 public and 241 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 1,148 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 45.4 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 42% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, Iraq, Turkey. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.3% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 44.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 42.6% 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 Melbourne Airport are those of the Hume council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,023 | 2,854 | -3% |
| Property | 4,958 | 13,826 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 480 | 1,338 | -20% |
| Theft | 2,771 | 7,729 | +21% |
Hume council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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