Wild Dog Valley crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Wild Dog Valley is a suburb in the South Gippsland council area of Victoria (about 31,109 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 52 out of 100 (moderate), 159th 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 (85th percentile), sexual offences (72nd percentile), break-ins (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.
In 2024-25: violent 1,032 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 3,816 per 100,000 (+54% vs five years earlier); break-ins 698 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); theft 1,758 per 100,000 (+67% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 36th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the South Gippsland council area is 3.2% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.7% of occupied homes (136 public and 65 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 51 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.6 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 1.5% of homes; about 16.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.6% 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 Wild Dog Valley are those of the South Gippsland 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 | 1,032 | 321 | +18% |
| Property | 3,816 | 1,187 | +54% |
| Break-ins | 698 | 217 | +3% |
| Theft | 1,758 | 547 | +67% |
South Gippsland council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3953: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Wild Dog Valley safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Wild Dog Valley is in the South Gippsland council area, which recorded 1,030 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, close to the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 15% 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.
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