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Jack Renton

Jack Renton covers crime, policing and major incidents for Victoria Crime News. He has reported on organised crime, drug trafficking and major operations across metropolitan Melbourne and the western suburbs. Outside the newsroom he sits on the board of a regional volunteer surf rescue club.

Pub & Club Arson
Jack RentonApril 26, 2026
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King Street and the CBD late-night precinct: a focal point for Melbourne’s arson wave
Why Melbourne's late-night entertainment precincts have become a focus for arson attacks, and what licensees are doing about it.
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Crime
Jack RentonApril 22, 2026
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Knife crime and youth offending in Melbourne CBD: what the 2026 data is showing
The 2026 Crime Statistics Agency data on knife and youth offending in Melbourne CBD, and the policy response.
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Crime
Jack RentonApril 19, 2026
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Victoria’s homicide rate, and why it tells you less than you think
Headline counts of Victoria's homicide rate are usually noise. Here's how to read the official series properly.
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Crime
Jack RentonApril 17, 2026
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Drive-in drive-out burglaries in Victoria: a pattern police are tracking
The Victorian drive-in drive-out burglary pattern police are tracking, and the chop-shop networks behind it.
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Crime
Jack RentonApril 12, 2026
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Mark Adrian Perry: the $1 million reward for a Melbourne cold case
The m standing reward for Mark Adrian Perry's 2007 murder remains one of Victoria Police's biggest active cold-case rewards.
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Community Safety
Jack RentonApril 2, 2026
Public order in Melbourne CBD: what the data and the policing response say
What the Crime Statistics Agency data and Victoria Police's CBD response are showing about public order in 2026.
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Big Build Watch
Jack RentonMarch 28, 2026
The CFMEU administration and Victorian construction: a 2024-26 timeline
The post-Building-Bad CFMEU administration, the federal legislation, the administrator's findings and what has changed on Big Build sites.
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Crime
Jack RentonMarch 25, 2026
Postcode by postcode: where crime rose and fell in Victoria over the past year
A plain-English breakdown of which Victorian local-government areas saw crime rise and fall in the most recent year.
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Crime
Jack RentonMarch 21, 2026
Policing Frankston: a profile of one of Melbourne’s most-watched LGAs
A look at the recent crime data, community-policing programs and history of policing in Frankston.
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Policing in Victoria
Jack RentonMarch 14, 2026
How many police does Victoria need? The numbers debate, in plain English
The recurring debate over Victorian police numbers, what the per-100k data actually shows and where the staffing pressures sit.
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