- Published:
- Monday 23 March 2026 at 9:34 am
Crime data
On 19 March 2026 the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) released the Victorian recorded crime statistics for the year ending 31 December 2025.
The rate of recorded offences increased, up 2.4% to 8,885.5 per 100,000 Victorians in the last 12 months, while the number of offences increased 4.2% to 630,592. Property and deception offences had the largest increase in the last 12 months, up 3.9% or 13,788 to 367,349 offences. The main driver of the increase was Theft offences, up 12,646 to 238,535 offences due to Steal from a motor vehicle offences, which were up 7,252 to 82,947 offences in the last 12 months.
In the 12 months to 31 December 2025, the number of criminal incidents increased, up 4.0% or 18,161 to 473,262 incidents. The rate also increased, up 2.3% to 6,668.6 per 100,000 Victorians. Criminal incidents have reached their highest recorded figures since the commencement of CSA reporting in 2004-05.
Alleged offender incidents increased 12.9% to 196,992 in the last 12 months, as did the rate up 10.9% to 3,131.8 per 100,000. Theft incidents increased by 14.2% or 5,588 to 44,815 alleged offender incidents. Specifically, Steal from a retail store incidents increased 16.7% or 2,953 to 20,615 alleged offender incidents.
The victimisation rate increased by 0.8% to 3,840.0 reports per 100,000 Victorians. The number of person-related victim reports was up 2.6% to 272,520 and organisation reports was up 3.6% to 113,325. The rise in person victim reports was primarily driven by theft (up 5.4% to 126,665).
Family incidents decreased 1.2% in the last 12 months, with 103,529 incidents recorded across Victoria. The rate also decreased, down 2.8% or 1,458.8 incidents per 100,000 Victorians.
Bail data
Following recent enabling amendments to the Crime Statistics Act 2014 that allow the Chief Statistician to obtain data from the criminal courts, the CSA has been developing bail statistics for Victoria, publishing bail decisions across relevant agencies in the last two quarterly releases. This release includes for the first time bail decisions by principal offence type, breach of bail offence and bail act schedule offence.
The top 3 principal offence types for bail applications to the Magistrates' Court was E20 Breaches of orders (dominated by breach of bail offences which comprised 20.7% of all bail applications), A20 Assault and related offences, and B40 Theft.
CSA Chief Statistician Fiona Dowsley said that "The addition of offence information to the bail statistics is the next step in helping us better understand how bail or remand decisions are made, and the impact of policy reform on an alleged offender's pathway through the criminal justice system and further offending."
Aboriginal Justice Indicators data dashboard
Data from CSA's new Aboriginal Justice Indicators (AJI) data dashboard is also now available on DataVic.
This data contains information relating to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and their contact with Victoria Police. It includes data on family violence, victims of crime, alleged offending, women and girls, children, and pathways through the criminal justice system.
The AJI data dashboard was first released on 19 December 2025 and contains data up to 30 June 2025. It will be updated bi-annually.
More information
More detailed information is available on the latest crime data webpage.
For further information email CSA: info@crimestatistics.vic.gov.au(opens in a new window)
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