Ringwood crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Ringwood is a suburb in the Maroondah council area of Victoria (about 120,247 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 46 out of 100 (moderate), 202nd 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 robbery (77th percentile), sexual offences (57th percentile), theft (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 49.
In 2024-25: violent 946 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,294 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); break-ins 502 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier); theft 2,568 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Maroondah council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (786 public and 258 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 475 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 41.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 26% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 40.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 26.5% 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 Ringwood are those of the Maroondah council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 946 | 1,138 | +11% |
| Property | 4,294 | 5,164 | +20% |
| Break-ins | 502 | 604 | +10% |
| Theft | 2,568 | 3,088 | +35% |
Maroondah council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Croydon · Croydon Hills · Croydon North · Croydon South · Heathmont · Heathwood · Ringwood East · Ringwood North · Warrandyte South · Warranwood
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/vic/ringwood/ · Australian Crime Map