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Victoria Police record every reported break-in by local government area. Prahran sits in the City of Stonnington, alongside Malvern, Armadale, Toorak and Windsor. 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. Stonnington 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. Stonnington ranks 6th of 31 Greater Melbourne councils on all recorded crime, but 1st 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.
Prahran sits in the council with the highest residential burglary rate in Greater Melbourne. It packs Victorian terraces, public housing towers, converted warehouses and the Chapel Street strip into a very small area, with foot traffic at every hour and a laneway behind nearly every street.
On a Prahran street, someone walks past your front door every few minutes, day and night. A camera with wide motion detection will fire hundreds of times a day and you'll mute it within the week. Tight detection zones framed on your own entry are the difference between a system you actually use and an expensive ornament.
Zero front setback, party walls both sides, solid brick with no cavity and often a parapet instead of an eave. Installers who work Prahran routinely deal with this using fascia mounts and careful facade routing, but it's specialist work and quotes reflect it.
Prahran's right-of-way network runs behind most of the suburb, narrow and unlit, leading straight to rear gates. It is the standard approach to the back of any property here, and it's where a camera earns its keep.
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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Yes. It's the most common complaint in dense inner suburbs and it's almost always a detection zone problem rather than a hardware one. Person detection and tightly drawn zones framed on your own property solve it.
Yes - all of 3181 including Windsor, plus South Yarra, Armadale, Toorak and St Kilda East 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.
No. A quote is just a conversation - no payment, no contract, nothing signed on the call.
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