Criminal incidents in Boroondara

In the year ending June 2025 Victoria Police recorded 7,996 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara, despite the rate increasing, Boroondara has the sixth lowest criminal incident rate per capita of 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 is a line chart which shows that between 2016 and 2025 the criminal incident rate in Boroondara has ranged from a low of 3112.5 in 2019 to a high of 4453.2 in 2025. Victoria's rate has been considerably higher than Boroondara's for the whole period and was 6814.0 per 100,000 population in 2025.

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 (Figure 2), since year ending December 2024 public order and security saw the greatest increase at 17.6%. The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in the year ending June 2025 was steal from a motor vehicle (Figure 3). The top 10 principal offence subgroups remained consistent with the December 2024 results.

Figure 2 is a chart which shows that 6,383 of the total recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2024-25 were property and deception crimes. 892 were crimes against the person, 435 were justice procedures crimes, 129 were drug crimes, 148 were public order crimes, and 9 were other crimes.

Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara in the year ending June 2025 were property and deception incidents.

Figure 3 is a bar chart which shows the top 10 most frequently recorded principal offence subgroups for criminal incidents recorded in Boroondara during 2024-25. The most frequent was ‘stealing from a motor vehicle’, with 1734 incidents. Next were ‘steal from a retail store’ and ‘other theft’, with 807 and 752 incidents respectively. Next were residential non-aggravated burglary’ (638 incidents), ‘criminal damage’ (489 incidents).

Figure 3: In 2024–25, the most commonly recorded principal offence in Boroondara was ‘steal from a motor vehicle,’ by a clear margin.

Offence type by region

The 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:

Boroondara
Knox
Manningham
Maroondah
Monash
Whitehorse
Yarra Ranges.

Tables: Criminal incidents per 100,000 residents, 2024.

Violent offences

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Homicide	1.1	1.8	3.1
Assault	260.6	374.8	666
Sexual offences	74.4	104.3	156.4
Abduction	2.8	3.9	6.6
Robbery	28.1	32.4	42.9
Blackmail and extortion	1.7	4.2	5
Stalking and threat	63.5	75.3	126.7
Dangerous and negligent	23.6	34.3	62.5

Crimes against property

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Arson	10.1	22	44.7
Property damage	276.3	354.1	573.3
Burglary/break and enter	725.6	563.9	640.9
Theft	1982.4	2053.5	2693.5
Deception	190.9	207.4	285.3

Drug offences

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Drug dealing and trafficking	9.5	15.5	33.1
Cultivate or manufacture drugs	10.7	21.8	28.2
Drug use and possession	50	103.5	164.1

Public order and security

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Weapons and explosives	28.6	76.9	134.3
Disorderly and offensive conduct	12.9	19.2	42
Public nuisance	26.4	24.2	40.2
Public security	0.6	0.4	2.8

Justice procedures

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Justice procedures	48.3	73.3	132.7
Breaches of orders	176.9	348.7	655.5

Other offences

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Transport regulation offences	1.1	1.5	3.8
Other government regulatory offences	0.6	0.6	2.7
Miscellaneous offences	1.1	2.5	3.7

For more information on recorded criminal offences, including postcode level crime statistics, see the Crime Statistics Agency.