Over the last five years, rates of sexual offences throughout the SMR have fluctuated.
Port Phillip on average has had the highest recorded incidents per 10,000 of sexual offences between 2018-2022, at 18.2, per 10,000.
However, incidents of sexual offences have only increased 1% over the last 5 years. Bayside on average has had the lowest recorded incidents in the SMR at 7.2 per 10,000, with a decrease of 3% between 2018-2022.