Willaura North crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria

Willaura North is a suburb in the Ararat council area of Victoria (about 11,732 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 76 out of 100 (high), 40th 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 (66th percentile), sexual offences (97th percentile), homicide (93rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 71.

In 2024-25: violent 2,122 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); property 6,154 per 100,000 (+35% vs five years earlier); break-ins 980 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); theft 2,787 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Ararat council area is 3.4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.5% of occupied homes (104 public and 8 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 46 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 39.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.1% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.3% of homes; about 38.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.3% 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 Willaura North are those of the Ararat council area.

Ararat council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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