Crime rates have dropped in Hobsons Bay and the city of Maribyrnong, latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency show.
Hobsons Bay’s recorded offences fell 9.7 per cent from 7002 to 6325 last financial year, and Maribyrnong’s 6.8 per cent from 9315 to 8683.
Despite heightened community fears of home invasion, aggravated residential burglaries (where someone is home) declined.
In Hobsons Bay, they dropped from 45 to 30, with non-aggravated burglaries down from 326 to 302.
In Maribyrnong, aggravated burlaries fell from 87 to 72, but others rose from 489 to 500.
Overall, crimes against the person in Hobsons Bay rose by 6.1 per cent, with family violence accounting for many of those.
Family violence serious assaults rose from 138 to 141, and there were still 145 common assaults despite this being 12 fewer.
Stalking, harassment and threatening behaviour rose from 140 to 201 and sexual offences increased from 108 to 115.
Non family violence common assaults rose from 80 to 94, while there was a drop in serious assaults from 112 to 78 cases.
Assaults on police and emergency services increased in Maribyrnong from 24 to 39 cases and in Hobsons Bay from 38 to 41.
Robberies were also up in Hobsons Bay from 34 to 41 and in Maribyrnong from 102 to 110.
In Maribyrnong, family violence serious assaults dropped from 104 to 87 and common assaults from 114 to 100.
Stalking, harassment, private nuisance and threatening behaviour dropped from 152 to 96, with 53 of those cases related to family violence. Sexual offences rose from 113 to 125.
Motor vehicle theft rose in Hobsons Bay from 267 to 353 and in Maribyrnong from 427 to 436. Drug offences dropped from 292 to 221 in Hobsons Bay and from 630 to 521 in Maribyrnong.
Hobsons Bay Inspector Michelle Young said police were working to tackle crime proactively as well as reactively.
