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Victoria Police record every reported break-in by local government area. Elwood sits in the City of Port Phillip, alongside St Kilda, Albert Park, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne. Here is the most recent full year.
Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, LGA Criminal Incidents, year ending 31 March 2026 (released June 2026). Covers residential aggravated and non-aggravated burglary. Updated quarterly - check the latest figures.
Residential burglary across Greater Melbourne fell 14.7% in the year to March 2026, from 21,991 incidents to 18,761, and 29 of the 31 councils fell with it. Port Phillip was one of them. If you read somewhere that break-ins are surging, that page is quoting an older release.
The more useful pattern is where burglary happens rather than whether it's rising. Port Phillip ranks 3rd of 31 Greater Melbourne councils on all recorded crime, but 3rd on residential burglary. The same flip shows up right across Melbourne's wealthier east and bayside. Burglary follows what's inside the house, not the reputation of the postcode.
Elwood is low-lying, close to the water, and built largely from interwar apartment blocks and period houses on a grid running down to the foreshore. It sits in Port Phillip, third in Greater Melbourne for residential burglary. Two local conditions shape installations: flooding and salt.
The Elster Creek catchment makes parts of Elwood genuinely flood-prone, and recorders, power supplies and cable terminations placed at floor level in a garage or under-house space are exactly what gets destroyed. Ask your installer to mount the recorder high and away from known water paths.
This close to the bay, unrated brackets and terminations pit and fail within a few seasons. Marine-grade or stainless hardware and sealed connections cost slightly more and roughly double the working life of the install.
Elwood's apartment blocks typically share a rear yard, bin area and off-street parking. All of it is common property, so owners corporation approval governs fixed equipment, and camera angles need to respect other residents' spaces.
Typical installed ranges for this part of Melbourne. Your exact figure depends on camera quality, cable runs and whether your roof cavity is accessible.
2 cameras on the front entry and driveway. Solid-brick walls add labour.
4 cameras including rear laneway access. Most period homes land here.
6+ cameras for large blocks, long frontages or heritage-sensitive placement.
Ranges are indicative only and are not a quote. Your installer confirms pricing after discussing your property.
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High, dry and away from known water paths - not at floor level in a garage or under-house space. Mention that you're in the Elster Creek catchment when your installer calls.
Yes - all of 3184, plus St Kilda, Brighton, Balaclava and Elsternwick nearby.
No. Self-monitored systems with no ongoing fee are available, and your installer will explain what monitoring actually adds for your situation rather than defaulting to the most expensive option.
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