Key Figures: Year ending December 2020

State wide figures

• The number of criminal incidents recorded by Victoria Police in the year to 31 December 2020 was 403,689, up 0.3% from 402,318 incidents recorded in the same period last year.
• The number of offences recorded by Victoria Police in the year to 31 December 2020 was 548,354. This is up 2.3% from 535,952 offences recorded in the same period last year.
• Alleged offender incidents increased 29.1% to 210,537 in the year to 31 December 2020, up from 163,073.
• Victim reports decreased in the year to 31 December 2020 down 11.6% (36,811) to 280,162 victim reports.
• Family incidents increased in the year to 31 December 2020, up 9.4% from 84,543 to 92,521.
• Alleged offender incidents with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status increased 13.6% to 14,929 in the year ending December 2020.
• In the year ending December 2020 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status of those involved in Family incident increased for Affected family members (up 3.5% to 4,636) while Other parties increased (up 7.3% to 5,740).

Local Government Area level figures

Criminal Incidents

The highest criminal incident rates in Local Government Areas in the year ending December 2020 were:

• Melbourne (14,320.0 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 5.0%)
• Latrobe (12,707.1 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 5.0%)
• Yarra (11,055.2 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 1.3%)
• Ararat (9,307.2 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 29.2%)
• Greater Shepparton (9,026.3 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 5.5%).

Recorded Offences

The highest recorded offence rates in Local Government Areas in the year ending December 2020 were:

• Melbourne (19,482.6 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 4.0%)
• Latrobe (17,969.8 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 3.0%)
• Yarra (13,788.3 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 3.6%)
• Greater Shepparton (13,702.5 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 3.1%)
• Ararat (13,320.1 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 25.0%).

Crime category trends 

For the year ending December 2020, the offence subdivisions that showed significant upward trends in the last 24 months were:

All other major offence categories did not show a significant upward trend over the last 24 months.

For the year ending December 2020, the offence subdivisions that showed a significant downward trend in the last 24 months were:

All other major offence categories did not show a significant downward trend over the last 24 months.

For a detailed breakdown of the data go to the (External link)latest crime data webpage and for explanatory information and definitions, see the Explanatory Notes (External link) and Glossary (External link)