North Blackwood crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
North Blackwood is a suburb in the Moorabool council area of Victoria (about 40,472 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 50 out of 100 (moderate), 173rd 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 (80th percentile), sexual offences (55th percentile), break-ins (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 51.
In 2024-25: violent 944 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); property 3,904 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 556 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 2,125 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Moorabool council area is 3.7% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.2% of occupied homes (220 public and 73 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 95 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 24.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 24.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.3% 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 North Blackwood are those of the Moorabool 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 | 944 | 382 | +36% |
| Property | 3,904 | 1,580 | +18% |
| Break-ins | 556 | 225 | -14% |
| Theft | 2,125 | 860 | +38% |
Moorabool council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is North Blackwood safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. North Blackwood is in the Moorabool council area, which recorded 944 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 11% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 23% 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.
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