Victorian Home Burglary Statistics

Victorian Burglary Statistics

In Victoria, on average, one in 71 homes is burgled each year; that equates to one burglary every 19 minutes.

RACV has completed its latest review of home burglaries across Victoria. This year Ardeer has recorded the highest burglary rate across Victoria, with one in 15 homes burgled in the last year. 

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The Top 40 Riskiest Suburbs for 2010/11 include an increasing number of suburbs from Melbourne's west with Footscray, Braybrook, Hoppers Crossing and Deer Park all included in this year’s top 10.

There are many contributing factors to the incidence of burglaries including:

• An adjoining laneway which might offer burglars easy access or a ready-made escape route
• An obvious display of wealth
• A lack of visible security measures, for example, no monitored alarm or inadequate window/door locks
• A physical environment where thieves might feel they were less at risk of being caught because - the street was either too quiet or too busy or the property was very secluded

However, with a combination of a monitored home security system and some other common sense steps in place, you can significantly decrease your risk of burglary.

 

 

 

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