Mepunga West crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Mepunga West is a suburb in the Moyne council area of Victoria (about 17,760 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 29 out of 100 (low), 295th 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 (96th percentile), sexual offences (36th percentile), robbery (29th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2024-25: violent 693 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 1,751 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); break-ins 270 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 693 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 60th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moyne council area is 2.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (47 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 33 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.9 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 18.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.1% 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 Mepunga West are those of the Moyne council area.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 693 | 123 | -13% |
| Property | 1,751 | 311 | +10% |
| Break-ins | 270 | 48 | -2% |
| Theft | 693 | 123 | -8% |
Moyne council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3277: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mepunga West safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mepunga West is in the Moyne council area, which recorded 693 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 35% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 43% lower than the national rate (1,220). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
Nearby suburbs
Allansford · Ballangeich · Bushfield · Cudgee · Ecklin South · Framlingham · Framlingham East · Glenormiston North · Glenormiston South · Grassmere · Illowa · Koroit · Laang · Mailors Flat · Mepunga · Mepunga East · Minjah · Mortlake · Naringal · Naringal East · Panmure · Purnim · Purnim West · Taroon · The Sisters · Wangoom · Winslow · Woodford · Woolsthorpe · Woorndoo
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