Metcalfe crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Metcalfe is a suburb in the Mount Alexander council area of Victoria (about 20,939 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 33 out of 100 (low), 283rd 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 (46th percentile), break-ins (40th percentile), robbery (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
In 2024-25: violent 884 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); property 3,348 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 540 per 100,000 (+54% vs five years earlier); theft 1,552 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Alexander council area is 3.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (146 public and 36 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 43 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 21.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 13.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 20.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 13.6% 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 Metcalfe are those of the Mount Alexander council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 884 | 185 | +40% |
| Property | 3,348 | 701 | +16% |
| Break-ins | 540 | 113 | +54% |
| Theft | 1,552 | 325 | +17% |
Mount Alexander council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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