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3062 · Hume · 6 residents
Somerton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km (13 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District. Somerton is a small locality — too few residents for its own AusScore, so it takes the overall grade of Hume council. It still has limited public transport and 5 school zones.
Recorded offences per 1,000 residents, graded against the Victorian median. Lower is safer.
Grades use a 3-year averagerate, so one unusually quiet or busy year can't swing the result. With only 6 residents here, a handful of incidents still moves the rate a lot — read these with that in mind.
Offences per 1,000 residents over the last decade, against the Victorian median. A line below the dashed median means this suburb is safer than the typical Victorian suburb.
Over the past decade, property & deception offences — the bulk of recorded crime — climbed from 35500 to 48000 per 1,000 residents in Somerton (down from a 52000 peak in 2024). That leaves it 168908% above the typical Victorian suburb — a genuine concern for residents and local businesses. Most safety measures here have worsened over ten years.
Recorded offences in the latest year.
Alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents, against the Victorian average. The Crime Statistics Agency reports this by council, not by suburb, so it covers all of Hume and is not part of this suburb's AusScore— it's shown here as council context. The grade compares Hume with the median Victorian council.
Youth offending in Hume council has risen from 2.6 to 2.8 alleged offenders aged 10–17 per 1,000 residents over the decade, having bottomed out at 1.7 in 2022. Since that low it has climbed about 70% — a worrying reversal that mirrors the statewide trend.
Nearest police station, hospital, ambulance and fire facilities to this suburb.
The nearest of each — distance shown when it’s outside the suburb (measured straight-line from the centre).
GP and private medical clinics are not published as open government data, so they are not shown.
Public-transport lines within a 1 km walk and how well each mode is served.
9 public transport linesreachable within a 1 km walk.
Closest train station: Roxburgh Park Station · 5.2 km away
Official government primary and secondary school catchment zones covering this suburb.