Postal Address
Crime Statistics Agency
GPO Box 4356
Melbourne Victoria 3001
Email: info@crimestatistics.vic.gov.au (External link)
Twitter: @CrimeStatsVic (External link)
Business hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted)
Data requests
The Crime Statistics Agency is committed to publishing a broad range of free data on our website. If you have a specific data requirement, we may be able to manually extract the data and provide customised information as part of our data consultancy services (External link).
To submit a data request or to speak to one of our staff about what we can offer please contact us at info@crimestatistics.vic.gov.au (External link). We will be in touch to advise whether or not we can accommodate your requirements and whether or not there will be a cost incurred.
For data requests that incur a fee the CSA will begin working on your data request as soon as an agreement to proceed is received by the CSA. Then, depending on the complexity of the request, the data will be made available to the client as soon as practicably possible.
Please note we cannot guarantee short turnarounds in the manual extraction and provision of customised data.
Please be as specific as possible when requesting a custom data set. Consider the following components before you submit your request as it will allow the CSA to provide you with the most relevant information.
What are you interested in?
- Criminal incidents
- Offences recorded
- Alleged offender incidents
- Victim reports
- Family incidents
What offence type are you interested in?
- See the offence classification for more information
Are you looking for a specific geographic area?
- State
- Police region
- Local government area
- Postcode
What time period would you like the data for?
- The CSA can provide data from July 2004 to the most recent data release.
If possible, please also describe your research question or area of interest to provide context. This will also assist CSA staff in determining the most relevant statistics to meet your needs.
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