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Victoria Police record every reported break-in by local government area. Port Melbourne sits in the City of Port Phillip, alongside St Kilda, Elwood, Albert Park and South 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.
Port Melbourne runs from the old workers' cottages around Bay Street out to the Beacon Cove apartments on the waterfront, with the working port on one side. Two very different housing types, and salt air across all of it.
This close to the water, unrated brackets and cable terminations pit and fail within a couple of seasons, and corroded connections are a common cause of cameras dropping offline. Rated housings, stainless or marine-grade brackets and sealed terminations are worth specifying rather than assuming.
A single-fronted cottage off Bay Street has no side access, solid brick walls and a rear laneway. A Beacon Cove apartment has secure entry, common-property corridors and an allocated car space. Say which you're in on the form, because the two jobs share almost nothing.
The promenade and the beach bring people through residential streets constantly, well beyond summer. As in the rest of the inner south, tight detection zones on your own entry beat anything set wide enough to catch the footpath.
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 entry and driveway, with corrosion-rated housings and brackets.
4 cameras covering front, rear and both sides. Marine-grade hardware throughout.
6+ cameras for larger blocks, beach-path boundaries or heavily glazed rear elevations.
Ranges are indicative only and are not a quote. Your installer confirms pricing after discussing your property.
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It's the single best value decision in a waterfront suburb. Salt exposure is the main cause of early hardware failure here, so raise it specifically when your installer calls.
Yes - all of 3207 including Beacon Cove, plus South Melbourne, Albert Park, Middle Park and Williamstown across the water.
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.
No. A quote is just a conversation - no payment, no contract, nothing signed on the call.
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