Community safety & wellbeing

Recorded offences

Wodonga's recorded offence rate fell 13.3% in 2025, to 9,334 per 100,000 residents, and has been below the median of the other nine regional cities in every year since 2016.

• 4,260 Offences recorded by police in Wodonga20254,823 in 2024; 3,311 in 2016
• 9,334 Offences per 100,000 residents202510,760 in 2024; 8,257 in 2016
• +28.7% Change in offences counted2016–2025+13.0% per 100,000 residents
• 11,695 Median rate of the other nine regional cities2025Wodonga 20.2% below; 2nd lowest of 10
• 10 of 10 Years Wodonga was below that median2016–2025Closest 0.4% below, in 2023

Recorded offences are what police recorded, so a change can reflect reporting and police activity as well as offending. The publisher's 2025 rates use a state population projection rather than an ABS population estimate.

SourceRecorded offences by local government area — data tables, year ending December 2025 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria · 2016–2025

Offence types

Justice-procedure offences, mostly breaches of orders, rose by 501 between 2016 and 2025, 52.7% of the rise across all offence divisions.

• +501 Justice-procedure offences2016–2025514 → 1,015
• 52.7% Share of the rise across the six offence divisions2016–2025+501 of +950
• +470 Breaches of orders2016–2025381 → 851
• +454 Property and deception offences2016–20251,692 → 2,146; theft +396
• +1.9% Rate change without justice-procedure offences2016–2025+13.0% with them

Justice-procedure offences are offences against the justice system itself, such as breaching a court order or bail conditions. The divisions add to 4,261 in 2025, one more than the total count, because the publisher adjusts small figures to protect confidentiality.

SourceRecorded offences by local government area — data tables, year ending December 2025 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria · 2016–2025

Family violence

Breaches of family violence orders in Wodonga more than doubled between 2016 and 2025, from 256 to 580, while offences police flag as family-violence related rose 4.8%.

• 580 Breaches of family violence orders2025256 in 2016, +126.6%
• 284 Offences police flag as family-violence related2025271 in 2016, +4.8%
• +83.9% Breaches, other nine regional cities combined2016–20257,562 → 13,903
• +63.1% Breaches, Victoria2016–202537,600 → 61,335

Order breaches are justice-procedure offences and flagged offences are crimes against a person: two separate counts, each drawn on its own scale and never added together.

SourceRecorded offences by local government area — data tables, year ending December 2025 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria · 2016–2025

Investigation status

Police recorded 1,578 offences as unsolved in 2025, 37.0% of the year's recorded offences, up from 940 (28.4%) in 2016.

• 1,578 Offences recorded as unsolved2025940 in 2016
• 37.0% Share of recorded offences unsolved202528.4% in 2016
• 2,082 Offences resolved by arrest or summons20251,963 in 2016
• 48.9% Share of recorded offences resolved by arrest or summons202559.3% in 2016

Status is recorded on the date the publisher compiles its figures, so offences from the latest years have had less time to reach an outcome.

SourceRecorded offences by local government area — data tables, year ending December 2025 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria · 2016–2025

Localities

The Wodonga and West Wodonga localities accounted for 3,981 of the 4,260 offences recorded across the municipality in 2025.

• 2,921 Offences recorded in Wodonga2025The suburb, not the whole municipality; 2,350 in 2016
• 1,060 Offences recorded in West Wodonga2025804 in 2016
• 5 of 13 Localities with fewer than 10 offences2025Ebden, Huon Creek, Barnawartha North, Staghorn Flat and Castle Creek

No population is published for these localities, so no rate can be formed and the counts cannot show which places are safer.

SourceRecorded offences by local government area — data tables, year ending December 2025 · Crime Statistics Agency Victoria · 2016–2025

Ambulance response

In January–March 2026, 74.2% of urgent ambulance responses in Wodonga arrived within 15 minutes, beside a median of 74.0% for the other nine regional cities.

• 74.2% Urgent (Code 1) responses arriving within 15 minutesJan–Mar 202674.0% in Jan–Mar 2025
• 14:02 Average urgent response time, minutes:secondsJan–Mar 202614:24 in Jan–Mar 2025
• 685 Urgent first responsesJan–Mar 2026764 in Jan–Mar 2025
• 74.0% Median of the other nine regional cities, within 15 minutesJan–Mar 2026Median average time 14:16; Wodonga has the 4th highest share and 4th shortest average time of 10

Ambulance Victoria runs this service, so these results describe the state ambulance service in Wodonga, not Wodonga Council's performance.

SourceAmbulance response performance by local government area — 2025/26 Quarter 3 report · Ambulance Victoria · Jan–Mar 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026

Gaming losses

Wodonga's gaming venues lost $312 per adult in 2023–24, the least of the ten regional cities, against a median of $726 for the other nine.

• $10.78m Player losses at Wodonga's gaming venues2023–24Low of $4.26m in 2020–21
• -22.1% Change after inflation2007–08 to 2023–24+18.2% before inflation; $9.12m in 2007–08 is $13.85m in 2023–24 dollars
• $312 Player losses per adult2023–24Lowest of 10 regional cities
• $726 Median of the other nine regional cities, per adult2023–24Highest: Mildura $812
• 4.33 Gaming machines per 1,000 adults2023–24Lowest of 10 regional cities

The losses are recorded where the gaming machines are located, not by the home address of the person gambling. That matters in a border city: play at Albury venues in New South Wales is not included, and casino, wagering, lotteries and online gambling are excluded.

SourceElectronic gaming machine expenditure and density by local government area — yearly statistical release · Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission · 2021–22 to 2023–24

SourceElectronic gaming machine expenditure and density by local government area — historical data · Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission · 2007–08 to 2020–21

SourceConsumer Price Index, Australia — all groups, Melbourne · Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2007–08 to 2023–24