Pines Forest crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Pines Forest is a suburb in the Frankston council area of Victoria (about 145,369 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 79th 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 (55th percentile), robbery (90th percentile), break-ins (68th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 69.

In 2024-25: violent 1,426 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 6,560 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); break-ins 881 per 100,000 (+65% vs five years earlier); theft 3,589 per 100,000 (+28% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 19th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Frankston council area is 4.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.7% of occupied homes (1,154 public and 273 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 787 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 55.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 22.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 54.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.9% 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 Pines Forest are those of the Frankston council area.

Frankston council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Nearby suburbs

Carrum Downs · Frankston · Frankston East · Frankston Heights · Frankston North · Frankston South · Karingal · Karingal Centre · Langwarrin · Seaford

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