"Considering Victoria has the 2nd lowest crime rate in Australia...

"Considering Victoria has the 2nd lowest crime rate in Australia after the ACT, yes, I'm quite happy living here. It's only people reading Murdoch rags that live in perpetual fear."

Probably the 2nd lowest rate because crimes are not RECORDED unlike in other States , where those who riot are charged and then most likely results in a recorded conviction , while in Melbourne if a rioter or home invader is charged which is a rare occurrence then they are even less likely to be convicted as weak police and even weaker judiciary -hear no evil see no evil paradigm playing out .
Also many victims in Melbourne would rather not file as know nothing will get done and it just humiliates them .
Same also applies to Bendigo the crack capital of Australia, what is crap hole of a town that place is