Speed crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Speed is a suburb in the Yarriambiack council area of Victoria (about 6,295 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 58 out of 100 (moderate), 134th 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 (96th percentile), assault (54th percentile), sexual offences (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2024-25: violent 1,461 per 100,000 (-36% vs five years earlier); property 3,590 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); break-ins 683 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 1,398 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yarriambiack council area is 2.8% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.6% of occupied homes (27 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 18 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 28.1 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 27.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.4% 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 Speed are those of the Yarriambiack 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 | 1,461 | 92 | -36% |
| Property | 3,590 | 226 | +12% |
| Break-ins | 683 | 43 | -13% |
| Theft | 1,398 | 88 | +5% |
Yarriambiack council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3488: every suburb and council it covers.
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Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Speed is in the Yarriambiack council area, which recorded 1,460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 38% higher than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 20% 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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