Key Figures: Year ending 30 September 2018

State wide figures – Year ending 30 September 2018

  • The number of criminal incidents recorded by police in the year to 30 September 2018 was 384,183. This is down 1.6% from 390,571 incidents recorded in the same period last year.
  • The number of offences recorded by police in the year to 30 September 2018 was 508,597. This is down 1.6% from 517,112 offences recorded in the same period last year.
  • Alleged offender incidents increased 1.2% to 173,684 in the year to September 2018, up from 171,588.
  • Victim reports decreased in the year to 30 September 2018 by 2.8% (8,616) to 299,994 victim reports.
  • Family incidents increased in the year to 30 September 2018, up 3.5% from 75,371 to 78,001.

 

Local Government Area level figures

The five Local Government Areas with the highest criminal incident rates were:

Criminal Incidents – year ending September 2018

  1. Melbourne (15,765.1 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 5.3%)

  2. Latrobe (13,212.2 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 3.4%)

  3. Yarra (11,559.8 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 4.0%)

  4. Mildura (9,580.5 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 6.3%)

  5. Greater Shepparton (9,326.0 incidents per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 3.0%)

 

The five Local Government Areas with the highest recorded offence rates were:

Recorded Offences – year ending September 2018

  1. Melbourne (21,172.6 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, down 6.6%)

  2. Latrobe (19,358.2 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 5.5%)

  3. Horsham (15,217.3 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 21.6%)

  4. Yarra (14,287.2 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 4.6%)

  5. Greater Shepparton (13,132.2 offences per 100,000 estimated resident population, up 7.4%)

 

Crime category trends

For the year ending September 2018, the offence subdivisions that showed significant upward trends were:

Criminal Incidents Recorded Offences
  • Sexual offences (up 6.7% from 8,010 to 8,544)

  • Breaches of orders

    (up 5.2% from 57,354 to 60,311)
  • Stalking, harassment and threatening behaviour (up 6.4% from 6,745 to 7,175)
  

 

For the year ending September 2018, the offence subdivisions showed a significant downward trends were:

Criminal Incidents Recorded Offences
  • Property damage (down 3.0% from 36,070 to 35,004)
  • Property damage (down 2.4% from 41,608 to 40,591) 
  • Burglary/Break and enter (down 14.1% from 46,494 to 39,928)
  • Burglary/Break and enter (down 14.0% from 49,018 to 42,170)
  • Disorderly and offensive conduct (down 6.3% from 13,335 to 12,498)
  • Disorderly and offensive conduct (down 5.5% from 16,545 to 15,639)

 

For explanatory information and definitions for the latest release, see the Explanatory Notes and Glossary.