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Courts
How a Victorian criminal trial works: from charge to verdict
A step-by-step explainer for non-lawyers: charge, mention, committal, plea, trial, verdict, sentence and appeal in Victoria.
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Community Safety
Cyber crime in Victoria: the scams costing Victorians the most
From investment fraud and remote-access scams to MyGov phishing and business email compromise: a guide to the cyber crime trends…
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Crime
Burglary and aggravated home invasion in Victoria: patterns, hotspots and prevention
Where burglary is happening in Victoria, what the offenders are stealing, and the home-security steps that actually reduce your risk.
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Crime
Organised crime in Victoria: who they are and how police push back
A guide to the OMCGs, syndicates and street-level networks operating in Victoria, the squads investigating them, and the legal toolkit…
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Regional Victoria
Inside Victoria’s crime statistics: what the latest data really shows
A plain-English guide to the Crime Statistics Agency data series and how to read a quarterly release without falling for…
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Pub & Club Arson
Taskforce Eclipse: the police response to the booze-wars firebombings
Taskforce Eclipse is Victoria Police's dedicated response to the 2026 Melbourne hospitality arson wave. Here's how it is structured.
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Road Safety
The 2026 Victorian road toll: where the numbers stand at the start of May
A check-in on Victoria's road toll three months into 2026, the categories of road user being killed, and the trend…
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Community Safety
Neighbourhood Watch in Victoria, fifty years on
Neighbourhood Watch in Victoria has been running since the 1980s. We look at the evidence on whether it actually reduces…
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Pub & Club Arson
Melbourne’s hospitality arson wave: what we know about the 2026 attacks
A guide to the wave of arson attacks on Melbourne pubs, nightclubs and licensed venues in 2026 and the police…
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Explainers
Mental health and policing in Victoria: what’s working and what isn’t
The mental-health and policing reform program in Victoria — what is delivering and what isn't.
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