Victoria, Australia: Criminal Incidents Rise to Record High

Imagine a town where the police keep track of all the bad things that happen.

In a place called Victoria, Australia, the police counted a lot more bad things happening in the last year.

The number of these incidents went up by about 18%.

This means more things like theft, especially from cars, happened.

There were also more thefts from stores.

Overall, more people were victims of crime, and the rate of crime is higher than it was before.

These numbers come from the official reports, and it's the highest number of reported incidents since they started counting in 2004.