On this page Content components Criminal incident data was sourced from the Crime Statistics Agency.In the year ending September 2025 Victoria Police recorded 8039 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara. Despite the rate increasing, While its criminal incoident 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, with the difference remaining steady over the past two financial years. Most recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara are property and deception incidents with a 24.4% increase in the past 12 months (Figure 2). The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in the year ending September 2025 was steal from a motor vehicle, which saw a 34.9% increase in the last 12 months (Figure 3). The top 10 principal offence subgroups remained consistent with the June 2025 results with a breach of a family violence order seeing the greatest growth, +57.2%. Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara in the year ending September 2025 were property and deception incidents. Figure 3: In September 2024-25, 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 against the Victorian rate and the average rate for the seven local government areas of the Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) which includes:BoroondaraKnoxManninghamMaroondahMonashWhitehorseYarra Ranges.Table 1: Criminal incidents per 100,000 residents, year ending September 2025.* = Boroondara lower than EMR average.Violent offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaHomicide1.1*2.13.1Assault 275.1*380.6681.9Sexual offences 86.9*103.6146.6Abduction4.54.57.0Robbery30.6*33.943.8Blackmail and extortion5.03.75.5Stalking and threat 74.6*77.0130.7Dangerous and negligent behaviour20.0*31.167.6Crimes against propertyOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaArson12.8*32.152.1Property damage332.5*360.5577.9Burglary/break and enter 799.8548.8630.0Theft 2202.1*2184.42882.4Deception 213.3*223.4289.4Bribery0.60.10.1Drug offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaDrug dealing and trafficking 13.9*16.430.2Cultivate or manufacture drugs 15.6*18.826.9Drug use and possession 46.2*102.7163.1Public order and security offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaWeapons and explosives34.0*83.0142.2Disorderly and offensive conduct17.8*21.745.8Public nuisance28.427.842.1Public security offences0.6*1.43.7Justice procedure offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaJustice procedures 51.2*76.1136.8Breaches of orders 207.2*365.3691.2Other offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaRegulatory driving offences0.0*0.20.2Transport regulation offences 2.21.43.6Other government regulatory offences 0.6*0.82.9Miscellaneous offences1.1*1.83.1For more information on recorded criminal offences, including postcode level crime statistics, see the Crime Statistics Agency.
