Data from the Crime Statistics Agency released on Thursday showed 638,640 criminal offences were recorded in the 12 months to the end of June 2025 – up 86,587 offences or 15.7 per cent. When ...

The Victorian capital is set to top the nation for break-ins as well as car thefts, as critics point to lax bail laws as a ...

Victoria has higher vehicle insurance claims over stolen cars than all other mainland states combined, new data from the ...

Crime on Victoria’s public transport network has hit a 10-year high, the latest crime stats reveal, with railway stations in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melbourne residents can now find out exactly what’s happening in their neighborhoods, thanks to a new crime-tracking tool. The ...

Knife crime is showing signs of decline as a state approaches one year since introducing Australia's first ban on the sale of ...

One of the three teen boys arrested over the city’s raging bar wars has allegedly been recorded calling his mum and asking her to collect the $20,000 bounty.

Trading card-related crimes in Victoria rose from just nine burglary, break-and-enter or theft cases at retail stores in 2021 to almost one a week in 2025, reflecting the skyrocketing value of Pokémon ...

Residents in some of Melbourne’s most crime-hit suburbs are furious as opening hours at four more police stations are slashed ...