Three Bridges crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Three Bridges is a suburb in the Yarra Ranges council area of Victoria (about 160,906 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 272nd 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 (69th percentile), robbery (59th percentile), sexual offences (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2024-25: violent 766 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); property 2,582 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 333 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,260 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 54th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yarra Ranges council area is 3.5% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (424 public and 146 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 418 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 26.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.5% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 26.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.8% 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 Three Bridges are those of the Yarra Ranges council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 766 | 1,232 | +9% |
| Property | 2,582 | 4,155 | -14% |
| Break-ins | 333 | 536 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,260 | 2,028 | -9% |
Yarra Ranges council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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