Tantaraboo crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Tantaraboo is a suburb in the Mitchell council area of Victoria (about 58,459 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 56 out of 100 (moderate), 145th 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 (78th percentile), sexual offences (77th percentile), assault (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 62.
In 2024-25: violent 1,394 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 4,083 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); break-ins 409 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 2,094 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 22nd of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mitchell council area is 4.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (303 public and 43 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 120 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.3 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.6% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in India, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 22.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.9% 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 Tantaraboo are those of the Mitchell council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,394 | 815 | +11% |
| Property | 4,083 | 2,387 | +4% |
| Break-ins | 409 | 239 | -27% |
| Theft | 2,094 | 1,224 | +18% |
Mitchell council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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