Yalla-Y-Poora crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Yalla-Y-Poora is a suburb in the Ararat council area of Victoria (about 11,732 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 75 out of 100 (high), 42nd 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 (68th percentile), homicide (97th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 73.
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 3.9% (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 Yalla-Y-Poora are those of the Ararat 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 | 2,122 | 249 | +31% |
| Property | 6,154 | 722 | +35% |
| Break-ins | 980 | 115 | +52% |
| Theft | 2,787 | 327 | +33% |
Ararat council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3378: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Yalla-Y-Poora safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Yalla-Y-Poora is in the Ararat council area, which recorded 2,120 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, 2 times the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 74% higher 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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