Mount Dryden crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Mount Dryden is a suburb in the Ararat council area of Victoria (about 11,732 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 75 out of 100 (high), 42nd 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 (68th percentile), homicide (97th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2024-25: violent 2,122 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); property 6,154 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier); break-ins 980 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); theft 2,787 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Ararat council area is 3.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (104 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 46 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 38.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.3% 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 Dryden are those of the Ararat 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 | 2,122 | 249 | +31% |
| Property | 6,154 | 722 | +35% |
| Break-ins | 980 | 115 | +52% |
| Theft | 2,787 | 327 | +33% |
Ararat council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3381: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mount Dryden safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Mount Dryden is in the Ararat council area, which recorded 2,120 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 2 times the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 74% higher 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.
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