On this page Content components Criminal incident data was sourced from the Crime Statistics Agency.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: 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: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara in the year ending June 2025 were property and deception 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 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.Tables: Criminal incidents per 100,000 residents, year ending 2025.* = Boroondara lower than EMR average.Violent offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaHomicide1.1*2.23.1Assault 279.6*378.1682.1Sexual offences 82.4*103.1147.1Abduction3.93.96.9Robbery29.5*36.044.3Blackmail and extortion5.64.25.4Stalking and threat 73.0*74.4129.4Dangerous and negligent22.3*31.964.6Crimes against propertyOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaArson13.9*32.151.5Property damage326.4*364.1581.2Burglary/break and enter 814.8563.1649.7Theft 2210.5*2224.02912.2Deception 188.8*199.5275.5Drug offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaDrug dealing and trafficking 11.1*14.629.5Cultivate or manufacture drugs 13.4*18.926.7Drug use and possession 47.3*100.7165.7Public order and securityOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaWeapons and explosives32.3*82.0140.9Disorderly and offensive conduct16.7*21.044.8Public nuisance33.429.742.1Public security 32.3*82.0140.9Justice proceduresOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaJustice procedures 54.0*76.3138.3Breaches of orders 188.2*345.8658.7Other offencesOffence typeBoroondaraEMR LGA averageVictoriaTransport regulation offences 2.21.23.4Other government regulatory offences 1.11.03.1Miscellaneous offences1.7*2.23.2For more information on recorded criminal offences, including postcode level crime statistics, see the Crime Statistics Agency.
