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Crime · Melbourne
Reported crime in Melbourne
55 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 35 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
55
Rate / 1,000
35
Categories
9
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 | 40% |
| Public order | 13 | 24% |
| Other theft | 7 | 13% |
| Burglary | 3 | 5% |
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 4% |
| Anti social behaviour | 2 | 4% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 4% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 | 4% |
| Other crime | 2 | 4% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |
| Public order | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Other theft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Burglary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Vehicle crime | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Anti social behaviour | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Shoplifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other crime | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 55 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Melbourne, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 1,589.