Criminal incidents in Boroondara

In 2023-24 Victoria Police recorded 6,133 criminal incidents that took place in Boroondara. This was 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 at least the last 10 years (Figure 1).

Figure 1 is a line chart which shows that between 2014-15 and 2023-24 the criminal incident rate in Boroondara has ranged from a low of 3109 in 2018-19 to a high of 3804 in 2019-20. The 2023-24 rate was 3444. Victoria's rate has been considerably higher than Boroondara's for the whole period and was 5886 per 100,000 population in 2023-24.

Figure 1: Boroondara has fewer criminal incidents per 100,000 population than Victoria and 2022-23 and 2023-24 have seen the gap widen.

Most recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara are property and deception incidents (Figure 2). The most frequently recorded criminal incident subgroup in Boroondara in 2023-24 was steal from a motor vehicle (Figure 3). This is a property and deception offence.

Figure 2 is a chart which shows that 4721 of the total recorded criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2023-24 were property and deception crimes. 744 were crimes against the person, 387 were justice procedures crimes, 144 were public order crimes, 132 were drug crimes and 6 were other crimes.

Figure 2: Most criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2023-24 were property and deception incidents.

bar chart with the top 10 most recorded principal offence subgroups for criminal incidents in Boroondara during 2023-24. stealing from a motor vehicle with 1270, steal from a retail store with 627, other theft with 607, residential non-aggravated burglary’ with 464, ‘criminal damage’ with 349, ‘residential-aggravated burglary’ with 316, ‘obtain benefit by deception’ with 301, ‘motor vehicle theft’ with 238, ‘non-residential non-aggravated burglary’ with 213, ‘non-family violence Common assault’ with 152.

Figure 3: The most frequently recorded principal offence subgroup in Boroondara in 2023-24, by a large margin, was steal from a motor vehicle.
Of the 10 most frequently recorded incidents, the principal offence for all but one (Non-family violence common assault) were property and deception offences.

Offence type by region

Table 1 shows 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.

Table 1: Criminal incidents per 100,000 residents, 2023-24

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Homicide	1	1	3
Assault	236	367	628
Sexual offences	71	106	149
Abduction	4	4	6
Robbery	29	26	39
Blackmail and extortion	2	5	5
Stalking and threat	52	75	119
Dangerous and negligent	23	34	60
Total violent offences	418	618	1,009

Crimes against property

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Arson	10	20	37
Property damage	250	320	532
Burglary/break and enter	561	496	555
Theft	1636	1611	2214
Deception	195	213	276
Total crimes against property offences	2,652	2,660	3,614

Drug offences

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Drug dealing and trafficking	10	18	34
Cultivate or manufacture drugs	13	22	28
Drug use and possession	51	105	149
Total drug offences	74	145	211

Public order and security

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Weapons and explosives	37	72	131
Disorderly and offensive conduct	21	24	53
Public nuisance	22	20	35
Public security	1	0	Less than 1
Total public order and security offences	81	116	219

Justice procedures

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Justice procedures	35	60	119
Breaches of orders	182	411	703
Total justice procedures offences	217	471	822

Other offences

Offence type	Boroondara	EMR LGA average	Victoria
Transport regulation offences	2	2	3
Other government regulatory offences	1	1	2
Miscellaneous offences	1	2	3
Total other offences	4	5	8

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