The postcodes of Brunswick (3056) and Brunswick East (3055) both recorded falls in criminal incidents, but there was an increase in Brunswick West (3055).

Across the three postcodes, the number of criminal incidents recorded by the Victorian Crime Statistics Agency for the full year fell to 4091 compared to 2024. Crime seems to have fallen significantly in the latter part of the year as Victoria Police began to devote more resources to frontline policing under new Chief Commissioner Mike Bush.

The fall in the aggregated figures for the three postcodes was driven by double-digit declines in property damage and burglaries, while there was a small increase in the largest crime category of theft to 2260 incidents for the year.

In total, property related crimes fell by 7.7% to 3199 incidents, crimes against the person such as assault, robbery or threatening behaviour, fell by 1.9% to 473 incidents, and drug offences fell by 6.3% to 74.

But across the three postcodes, there was a 29.5% increase in breaches of family violence orders to 145 incidents, and 3.1% increase of breaches of intervention orders to 35.

Fifty-six per cent of all criminal incidents were recorded in the Brunswick postcode (3056), which had a total of 2311 in 2025. This was a 5.6% decline from the previous year.

In Brunswick East (3057), 785 crimes were reported, a decline of 15.1%, while in Brunswick West (3055), the statistics agency recorded 995 incidents, an increase of 3.1% from 2024.

The most prevalent type of crime was thefts from cars, with 890 incidents recorded in 2025, an increase of 9.7% over the 12 months.

Motor vehicle thefts were virtually unchanged at 278 incidents, and bike thefts fell by 9.2% to 282 incidents.

Retail theft rose by 10.9% to 296 incidents while criminal damage (excluding graffiti) incidents fell by 35.9% to 273.

Assaults and related offences, including family violence incidents, decreased by 5.1% to 298 incidents.