Jacinta Allan's failure to support police has led to a record 296,080 unsolved crimes in the last 12 months.
The number of unsolved crimes increased by 81,633 (+38.07 per cent) on the previous year with 46 per cent of all crimes reported currently unsolved.
Victims of crime deserve better. It is bad enough this government can't protect its citizens; it also can't provide justice by solving the crimes.
Allan's Labor Government has cut $50 million from the police budget, closed police stations and left more than 2000 police jobs empty.
Labor's failure to crackdown on unruly weekly protests in Melbourne CBD has seen 23,928 police shifts deployed to manage the situation, instead of solving crimes.
Labor's weak bail laws put criminals back on the streets to reoffend, creating more work for our under-resourced police.
An analysis of Crime Statistics Agency data exposes how Labor's weak response to the crime crisis has let down victims of crimes.
- 20,848 crimes against a person remain unsolved, which is a 70.34 per cent increase on last year.
- 257,359 property and deception offences remain unsolved, which is 68.08 per cent of all cases, and an increase of 64,235 cases in a year.
- 66.88 per cent of residential aggravated burglaries remain unsolved, an increase of 1,365 cases in a year.
- 23,397 motor vehicle thefts remain unsolved, which is 70.86 per cent of all cases, up 9,115 cases in a year.
Victorian Opposition leader Brad Battin said: "Every unsolved crime is not just a statistic; it is a wound left open for victims and their families.
"Our police want to lock up criminals and keep our communities safe, but they are not getting the support they need from the government.
"Jacinta Allan needs to look victims of crime in the eye to understand the human impact of her government's weak response to crime.
"People have lost faith that Jacinta Allan's Labor Government can keep them safe and here is more proof.
"An elected Liberals and Nationals Government will give police the resources and tools they need to address Victoria's unsolved crime backlog.
"We'll introduce Jack's Law, giving police and PSOs the tools and technology they need to get knives off the streets before crimes are committed.
"Through our $100m Safer Communities program we will invest in diverting young and at-risk offenders away from crime to reduce the crime rate and put people on a path to a better life.
Shadow Police Minister David Southwick said: "Victorians are spending $20 million a day in interest to pay Labor's record debt, that's money that could be spent on hiring more police and given them the resources they need to fight crime.
"We owe it to victims, their families and the community to solve crimes and that starts with recruiting more police."
"The reason Victorians can't get police when they call and nearly half of all crimes go unsolved is simple - Labor has failed to recruit more officers, and many have left because they don't feel supported."
"Labor can't manage money, and they can't manage crime and Victorians are paying the price."
