Pomborneit crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Pomborneit is a suburb in the Corangamite council area of Victoria (about 15,712 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 233rd 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 (88th percentile), sexual offences (46th percentile), break-ins (36th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2024-25: violent 764 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); property 2,762 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); break-ins 547 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); theft 1,216 per 100,000 (+72% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 55th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Corangamite council area is 2.6% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (105 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 30 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.8 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in New Zealand, England, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 18.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.1% 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 Pomborneit are those of the Corangamite council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 764 | 120 | +12% |
| Property | 2,762 | 434 | +38% |
| Break-ins | 547 | 86 | +49% |
| Theft | 1,216 | 191 | +72% |
Corangamite council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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