Crime in Victoria is at its highest level in 20 years under Jacinta Allan's Labor.
Victorians are living with the consequences of Labor's weak response to crime, with 638,640 crimes reported in the year to June, that's one every 49.4 seconds. An increase of 16 per cent.
A theft from a retail store every 13 minutes, a serious assault every 29 minutes. Victorians are being left to fend for themselves while Labor cuts police.
For the year ending June 2025, according to the Crime Statistics Agency data published today, there were:
- 18,482 serious assaults - a 16 per cent increase
- 7,856 residential aggravated burglaries - a 22 per cent increase
- 3,828 robberies - a 17 per cent increase
- 33,018 motor vehicle theft - a 42 per cent increase
- 86,351 steal from a motor vehicle - a 39 per cent increase
- 41,667 steal from a retail store - a 28 per cent increase
- 11,075 prohibited and controlled weapon offences - a 12 per cent increase.
- 9,663 family violence related serious assaults - a 23% per cent increae
Meanwhile, the Allan Labor Government has cut $50 million from the police budget, closed police stations and left almost 2,000 police jobs empty.
Two young boys, Dau kueng, 15, and 12-year-old Chol Achiek, were brutally murdered while walking home from a basketball game in Cobblebank on September 6.
The Premier has cut the number of Youth Crime Prevention Program grants despite record high youth crime, which program organisers say has led to more crime.
Victorian Opposition leader Brad Battin said: "Victorians deserve better. Parents deserve to know their kids can walk safely through a shopping centre. Families deserve to know their loved ones will return home at night.
"An elected Liberals and Nationals Government will be stronger on crime than Labor.
"Our bail laws will be stronger than Labor's. Break Bail, Face Jail means real consequences for repeat and youth offenders.
"We will introduce Jack's Law and give police and PSOs the powers and technology to take the knives off the criminals before they get a chance to use them.
"We will have sentences that send a loud and clear message to crooks - there will be serious consequences for the crimes you commit here in Victoria.
"And we will also invest in programs to divert young people away from crime. It's time for a fresh start."
Shadow Police Minister David Southwick said: "As a society, we simply cannot allow the level of crime we are seeing to become normalised and accepted - every Victorian deserves to feel safe in their home, on the streets and in the community.
"Victoria's crime rate can reduce when there are consequences for offending, combined with ongoing swift arrests and proactive policing with boots on the ground to prevent crime in the first place.
"Victorians are paying $20 million a day just to cover the interest on Labor's debt, that's money that could be spent on more police, wands to detect knife-carrying criminals, and investing in crime prevention programs.
"Labor can't manage money, and they can't manage crime and Victorians are paying the price."
