Springvale crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Springvale is a suburb in the Greater Dandenong council area of Victoria (about 168,684 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 46th 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 (61st percentile), robbery (96th percentile), homicide (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
In 2024-25: violent 1,661 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 7,716 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 848 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier); theft 4,388 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Greater Dandenong council area is 7.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.8% of occupied homes (1,682 public and 283 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 2,380 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 149.7 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 61.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in Vietnam, India, Cambodia. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.1% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 147.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 62.3% 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 Springvale are those of the Greater Dandenong council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,661 | 2,801 | +24% |
| Property | 7,716 | 13,016 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 848 | 1,430 | +30% |
| Theft | 4,388 | 7,402 | +35% |
Greater Dandenong council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
Bangholme · Dandenong · Dandenong North · Dandenong South · Keysborough · Noble Park · Noble Park North
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/vic/springvale/ · Australian Crime Map