墨尔本警方2023年4月从119个郊区火车站撤离夜间保安人员后，这些站点的犯罪事件在随后五年内增加了近180%1。部分重灾站点受影响尤为严重，Williams Landing站在截至2026年3月的一年内记录138起犯罪事件，较前一年翻倍；Merinda Park站的犯罪数量从2021年的少于3起激增至同期的121起1。
警察总监Andrew Falconer为撤离决定辩护，称他没有看到撤离保安后整个网络的犯罪增加1。警方表示新的资源配置模式能更有效地部署人力。近90%的火车站犯罪属于非暴力性质，包括汽车盗窃和毒品持有1。
面对安全形势，反对党警务发言人Brad Battin表示将在11月选举中承诺增加200名保安人员1。
Crime at Melbourne's suburban train stations has escalated significantly following police reductions in on-site security presence. One hundred nineteen stations lost their night-shift protective services officers in April 2023, and criminal incidents at these locations have risen by nearly 180 percent over the past five years 1. The surge has been particularly acute at individual stations, with Williams Landing recording 138 offenses in the year through March 2026—double the previous year's total—while Merinda Park's crime count climbed from fewer than 3 incidents in 2021 to 121 by March 2026 1.
The majority of crimes at train stations are non-violent in nature, encompassing vehicle thefts and drug possession charges, accounting for close to 90 percent of reported offenses 1. Police leadership has disputed assessments of the security withdrawal's impact, with Police Commissioner Andrew Falconer stating he has not observed a network-wide crime increase following the removal of security staff 1. However, opposition figures have seized on the data to propose remedial action; opposition police spokesperson Brad Battin has pledged to hire an additional 200 security officers should his party prevail in November's election 1.
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