Bec Judd's furious message to Dan Andrews as crime epidemic in her upmarket suburb is laid bare in sobering new statistics

Television presenter Bec Judd has unleashed on the Victorian Government and former Premier Dan Andrews as crime statistics in the state hit a record high.
Judd, the wife of former Carlton and West Coast AFL superstar Chris Judd, has advocated for more action on fighting the state's spiralling crime crisis and weak bail laws for years.
Judd and Andrews have publicly traded barbs in the past, including in 2022 when the model said she felt unsafe in her $7.3million Bayside mansion, and Andrews replied he was 'sorry she feels that way [but] the [crime] data would tell a different story'.
The new data shows there were 627,268 criminal offences recorded in Victoria in the twelve months to end of March, an increase of 91,692 offences.
For a third consecutive quarter, Victoria Police also recorded the most arrests since electronic records began in 1993, and likely in the force's 172-year history.
'Imagine if Dan Andrews had listened to me when I sounded this alarm a few years back,' Judd said on Instagram on Thursday.
'Hundreds (maybe thousands?) of Victorians (not just Brighton residents) have become victims of violent home invasions since then, many experiencing life long trauma.
'Sadly, innocent lives have also been lost. I will continue to raise these issues until people start to feel safe in their communities again.'
She also shared a social media post from her local Brighton MP for state parliament, the Liberals' James Newbury.
'There has been a shocking 91 per cent increase in residential aggravated burglaries in Brighton, over the last twelve months,' Newbury said.
Judd also shared comments made by Victoria's Police Minister Anthony Carbines to the Herald Sun, in which he said the increase in crime was 'unacceptable'.
She highlighted his statement that, despite this, he did not regret waiting over a year to roll out bail, machete and 'post and boast' laws.
'We're acting as quickly as we can to respond to the community's concerns and advice from Victorian Police on what measures we can put in place to keep the community safe,' he said.
The AFL-WAG slammed his statement, flipping his own use of words: 'More than a year to wait is unacceptable.'
'Victorians, more than anyone, know just how quickly this government can introduce new laws when they want to.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Victorian Government and Mr Carbines' office for comment.
The minister told the Herald Sun the impact of his new laws would be seen in future data pools.
'We've seen a 100 per cent increase in young offenders remanded,' he said.
'We've seen a 31 per cent increase in adult offenders remanded. We will start to see most people unable to commit further offending.
'So I would expect that we will start to see in the coming quarters the effect of repeat offenders who are behind bars.'
The crime statistics come after a series of shocking incidents at Northland Shopping Centre in Preston.
A man allegedly drove a stolen Toyota Landcruiser into the crowded shopping centre - then kept driving through the mall - just after 4pm on Wednesday.
Less than 24 hour later, shoppers were forced to evacuate due to a small fire which had sparked in an electrical light.
The centre was also plunged into lockdown in May following an alleged fight between teens armed with machetes.

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