Crime
Independent reporting on crime trends, organised offending, and major incidents across Victoria. We cover patterns and convictions on the public record — never naming a person who has been charged but not convicted.
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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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Prudence Bird: the 1992 disappearance solved decades later
The Prudence Bird disappearance was finally solved through the Pieces investigation. Here is how it came together.
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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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Jane Thurgood-Dove: the Niddrie murder that has never been resolved
Jane Thurgood-Dove was killed in front of her children in 1997. The case remains unresolved.
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Puppy farms and pet theft in Victoria: the 2026 enforcement landscape
The 2026 enforcement landscape for puppy-farm and pet-theft offences under the new Animal Welfare Act.
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