Swan Bay crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Swan Bay is a suburb in the Queenscliffe council area of Victoria (about 3,317 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 351st 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 sexual offences (24th percentile), robbery (26th percentile), fraud (72nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2024-25: violent 513 per 100,000 (+76% vs five years earlier); property 2,321 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 362 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); theft 1,266 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Queenscliffe council area is 3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.6% of occupied homes (9 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 0 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 0 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.7% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.5% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 0.6% of homes; about 0 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.9% 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 Swan Bay are those of the Queenscliffe 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 | 513 | 17 | +76% |
| Property | 2,321 | 77 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 362 | 12 | -34% |
| Theft | 1,266 | 42 | -18% |
Queenscliffe council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3225: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Swan Bay safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Swan Bay is in the Queenscliffe council area, which recorded 513 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 52% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 58% lower 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.
Nearby suburbs
Point Lonsdale · Queenscliff · Swan Island
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