Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan during a tour of the West Gate Tunnel construction at Footscray, in Melbourne, Australia, on July 7, 2025. AAP Image/Con Chronis
Victoria’s crime rate has jumped sharply in the past year, with new data showing the state recording its highest number of offences since records began in 2004-05.
Figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) reveal offences rising 15.7 percent to 638,640, equating to 13.8 percent to nearly 9,000 offences per 100,000 people.
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