Boroondara crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Boroondara is a council area in Victoria with about 178,601 residents. It has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 262nd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by break-ins (69th percentile), robbery (71st percentile), theft (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2024-25: violent 495 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); property 4,166 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 859 per 100,000 (+49% vs five years earlier); theft 2,254 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 71st of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Boroondara council area is 4.3% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (408 public and 194 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 321 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 19 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33.4% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.9% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 18.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 34% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 495 | 884 | +26% |
| Property | 4,166 | 7,441 | +8% |
| Break-ins | 859 | 1,534 | +49% |
| Theft | 2,254 | 4,026 | +3% |
Questions
Is Boroondara safe?
Boroondara recorded 495 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 53% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 59% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 37 out of 100 (low), 262nd of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Boroondara?
1,534 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 859 per 100,000 residents, about 22% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Boroondara council area
Ashburton · Ashwood · Balwyn · Balwyn North · Camberwell · Canterbury · Deepdene · Hawthorn · Hawthorn East · Kew · Kew East · Mont Albert · Surrey Hills · Surrey Hills North
Postcodes in the Boroondara council area
3101 · 3102 · 3103 · 3104 · 3122 · 3123 · 3124 · 3126 · 3127 · 3147
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