Bendigo Crime Rates: 58th Safest Council in Victoria
Greater Bendigo ranks 58th of 79 Victorian councils for safety with 94.1 offences per 1,000 residents. See how Bendigo suburbs compare across property, person and judicial crimes.
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Greater Bendigo ranked 58th out of 79 Victorian councils on overall safety in data covering 70 suburbs. The population-weighted figure reached 94.1 recorded offences per 1,000 residents across the council area, producing an AusScore of 58 out of 100 and a grade of C.
The grade reflects a safety-balanced assessment drawn entirely from government-sourced records. Property and deception offences totalled 5,151 in the latest year at a rate of 43 per 1,000 residents, 53 percent above the state median.
Offence categories and top incidents
Person-related offences reached 2,756, or 23 per 1,000 residents, which sits 146 percent above the median. Bail and judicial offences came to 3,263, or 27 per 1,000, 262 percent above the median. In the year ending March 2026 the leading specific offences included 928 counts of criminal damage, 862 thefts from retail stores, 760 other thefts, 705 thefts from motor vehicles and 380 cases of obtaining benefit by deception.
Ten-year trends and youth incidents
Property and deception offences eased from 46 to 43 per 1,000 residents over the decade after peaking at 55 in 2025. Youth offending rose from 3.8 to 5.1 alleged offenders aged 10 to 17 per 1,000 residents across the same period, after reaching a low of 3.0 in 2019 and then climbing 69 percent. Among individual suburbs Maiden Gully recorded the highest AusScore at 75 while Jackass Flat scored 71.
The figures cover the full set of 49 graded suburbs within the council boundaries and show most safety measures have moved in the wrong direction over ten years. Data are drawn from the AusBurbs analysis at https://ausburbs.com/council/greater-bendigo.
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