Content components Criminal incident data was sourced from the Crime Statistics Agency.In the year ending June 2026, Victoria Police recorded 8,009 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara. The criminal incident rate has remained relatively stable, with Boroondara's rate 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 (2.5%) decrease in the past 12 months. Public order and security, and justice procedure incidents are much fewer in number but both increased by 23% each compared to June 2025. The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in the year ending June 2026 was steal from a motor vehicle (Figure 3), which saw a 6.8% increase in the last 12 months. The top 10 principal offence subgroups remained consistent with the March 2026 results. In the past 12 months there was a reduction in incidents for stealing from a retail store (-166 incidents), residential aggravated burglary (-134 incidents), non-residential non-aggravated burglary (-116 incidents), and other theft (-22 incidents). Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara in the year ending June 2026 were property and deception incidents. Figure 3: In the year ending June 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.Criminal incidents per 100,000 residents in year ending June 2026The table data is for the year ending June 2026. Numbers have been rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.* = Boroondara lower than EMR average.Violent offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaHomicide0*23Assault 306*417658Sexual offences 79*104150Abduction3*46Robbery17*2333Blackmail and extortion3*46Stalking and threat 72*88131Dangerous and negligent behaviour24*3164Crimes against propertyOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaArson10*1946Property damage335*358551Burglary/break and enter 673416512Theft 220020342673Deception 260*262305Bribery0*00Drug offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaDrug dealing and trafficking 10*1733Cultivate or manufacture drugs 13*2027Drug use and possession 62*102159Public order and security offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaWeapons and explosives41*85144Disorderly and offensive conduct23*2549Public nuisance362942Public security offences3*44Justice procedure offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaJustice procedures 51*77139Breaches of orders 258*450762Other offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaRegulatory driving offences100Transport regulation offences 0*24Other government regulatory offences 0*12Miscellaneous offences0*13For more information on recorded criminal offences, including postcode level crime statistics, see the Crime Statistics Agency.
