Criminal incidents in Boroondara

In 2024 Victoria Police recorded 7,136 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara, despite the rate increasing, it remains the fourth 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 2015 and 2024 the criminal incident rate in Boroondara has ranged from a low of 3129 in 2018 to a high of 4008 in 2024, the highest for at least the last 10 years. Victoria's rate has been considerably higher than Boroondara's for the whole period and was 6520 per 100,000 population in 2024.

Figure 1: Boroondara has fewer criminal incidents per 100,000 population than Victoria and has seen the gap widen in 2024.

Most recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara are property and deception incidents (Figure 2). The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in 2024 was steal from a motor vehicle (Figure 3). This is a property and deception offence.

A chart which shows that 5672 of the total recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2024 were property and deception crimes. 811 were crimes against the person, 401 were justice procedures crimes, 125 were drug crimes, 122 were public order crimes, and 5 were other crimes.

Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2024 were property and deception incidents.

A bar chart with top 10 recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2024. The most frequent was ‘stealing from a motor vehicle’ (1472 incidents). Then ‘steal from a retail store’ (787), ‘other theft’’ (692), ‘residential non-aggravated burglary’ (566), ‘criminal damage’ (400), ‘motor vehicle theft’ (393), ‘residential-aggravated burglary’ (390), ‘non-residential non-aggravated burglary’ (318) ‘obtain benefit by deception’ (292), ‘breach family violence order’ (212).

Figure 3: The most frequently recorded principal offence subgroup in Boroondara in 2024, by a significant margin, was steal from a motor vehicle.

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.