Content components Criminal incident data was sourced from the Crime Statistics Agency.In the year ending March 2026, Victoria Police recorded 8,108 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara. While its criminal incident rate has increased, Boroondara has the sixth lowest rate per capita among all metropolitan Melbourne local government areas. Boroondara’s criminal incident rate has been considerably lower than Victoria’s for the last 10 years (Figure 1). Figure 1: Boroondara has fewer criminal incidents per 100,000 population than Victoria. Most recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara are property and deception incidents (Figure 2) which had a small (2.4%) increase in the past 12 months. Public order and security, and justice procedure incidents are much fewer in number but both increased by a third compared to March 2025.The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in the year ending March 2026 was steal from a motor vehicle (Figure 3), which saw a 13.3% increase in the last 12 months. The top 10 principal offence subgroups remained consistent with the December 2025 results. A reduction in incidents was observed for stealing from a retail store (-208 incidents) and residential and non-residential non-aggravated burglary (-79 and -70 incidents respectively) and other theft (-20 incidents). Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara in the year ending March 2026 were property and deception incidents. Figure 3: In the year ending March 2026, the most commonly recorded principal offence in Boroondara was ‘steal from a motor vehicle,’ by a clear margin. Offence type by regionThe tables below show Boroondara’s criminal incident rate per 100,000 residents against the Victorian rate and the average rate for the 7 local government areas of the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) which includes:BoroondaraKnoxManninghamMaroondahMonashWhitehorseYarra Ranges.The table data is for the year ending March 2026 and numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.* = Boroondara lower than EMR average.Violent offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaHomicide0*33Assault 298*397658Sexual offences 79*99147Abduction446Robbery20*2537Blackmail and extortion4*46Stalking and threat 72*84130Dangerous and negligent behaviour18*3066Crimes against propertyOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaArson12*2448Property damage363*368556Burglary/break and enter 733463539Theft 220620492680Deception 254249298Bribery100Drug offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaDrug dealing and trafficking 11*1630Cultivate or manufacture drugs 15*2027Drug use and possession 63*102157Public order and security offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaWeapons and explosives41*88145Disorderly and offensive conduct19*2247Public nuisance363041Public security offences333Justice procedure offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaJustice procedures 44*75137Breaches of orders 242*417742Other offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaRegulatory driving offences0*00Transport regulation offences 224Other government regulatory offences 1*12Miscellaneous offences0*13For more information on recorded criminal offences, including postcode level crime statistics, see the Crime Statistics Agency.
