Mount Cameron crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Mount Cameron is a suburb in the Hepburn council area of Victoria (about 17,011 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 247th 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 (98th percentile), break-ins (57th percentile), sexual offences (38th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
In 2024-25: violent 529 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 3,515 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 617 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,905 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hepburn council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (88 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 39 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 23.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.5% 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 Mount Cameron are those of the Hepburn council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 529 | 90 | -13% |
| Property | 3,515 | 598 | +14% |
| Break-ins | 617 | 105 | -12% |
| Theft | 1,905 | 324 | +41% |
Hepburn council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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