Crime Trends and Offence Breakdown (2016–2025)
For the purposes of understanding:
Robbery (A50): taking property from a person using force or threat (weapons may be involved, but aren’t required). Burglary (B30): unlawful entry to a building/structure (residential or non-residential) to commit an offence. Theft (B40): taking property without force or unlawful entry (e.g., shoplifting, theft from motor vehicle, theft of bicycle).
Chart A
In this visualisation only Robbery is considered as a part of
property crimes though it is classified as a crimes against the person
to help public understanding. Theft dominates property crimes throughout
2016–2025, with totals dropping during COVID years and rebounding
strongly in 2024–2025.
This chart shows offences by type with total trends shown by the orange
line.
Chart B
This pie chart shows how different offence divisions contribute to total recorded crimes in Victoria for 2025 and it can be observed that ‘property and deception offences’ division makes up the majority of all crime categories.
Value and Distribution of Stolen Property (2021–2025)
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Chart C
This heatmap shows the estimate of all stolen goods in Victoria from 2021-2025 (June) in millions divided by each Police region.
Note: A property item represents an item type and not the number of units stolen.
Chart D
This bar chart shows the top five property items with the highest total stolen value in Victoria for 2025. Each bar represents the total value in millions of dollars, with a blue gradient showing higher losses. The chart highlights which property types contributed most to the overall value of stolen goods during the year June 2024 - June 2025.
### References Crime Statistics Agency. (2025). Recorded offences
visualisation – Year ending June 2025 [Data set]. Crime Statistics
Agency Victoria. https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/crime-statistics/latest-victorian-crime-data/download-data
Crime Statistics Agency. (2025). Property items visualisation – Year ending June 2025 [Data set]. Crime Statistics Agency Victoria. https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/crime-statistics/latest-victorian-crime-data/download-data