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Victoria Police record every reported break-in by local government area. South Melbourne sits in the City of Port Phillip, alongside St Kilda, Elwood, Albert Park 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.
South Melbourne mixes Victorian terraces, converted warehouses, new apartment buildings and a working commercial strip around the market, all within a few blocks. It sits in Port Phillip, third in Greater Melbourne for residential burglary.
A terrace can sit directly beside a warehouse, an office or a cafe with deliveries arriving from 5am. Foot and vehicle traffic that would be unusual in a suburb is completely normal here, which makes recorded footage more useful than any sense of who belongs on the street.
High ceilings, steel-framed windows, roller doors and shared industrial entries. A conversion often needs more cameras than its floor area suggests, because a single open volume can't be covered from one position the way a room-by-room house can.
As across the inner south, the right-of-way behind the terrace rows is the real access route to the back of each property. Narrow, unlit, and used by bins and almost nothing else.
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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Quite different. Large open volumes, roller doors and shared entries need a plan built around the actual building rather than a residential template, and often more cameras than an equivalent-sized house.
Yes - all of 3205, plus Albert Park, Port Melbourne, Southbank and South Yarra 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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