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Sky News AU
12 hours ago
- Sky News AU
Melbourne woman vents about terrifying crime scourge forcing her to move after two stolen cars and attempted break-in
A Melbourne woman has vented about the untenable level of crime in her suburb, near Altona, which has left her with no other choice but to move into an apartment. Chrissy Skye, from New Zealand, has made headlines after posting a series of videos on TikTok in which she claimed her home had been broken into and that she has had two cars stolen. While the video exhibited her Kiwi humour, Skye said she had felt so unsafe that she wanted to move. 'I'm getting the f**k out of here,' she said in the video, telling viewers she was going to put her house up for rent. 'You will feel unsafe at night, that is just what it is. 'I've had one person try to break into my house so far and I've had two cars stolen.' Skye said she was going to go live in an apartment after feeling 'so unsafe at night' because of the crime epidemic in the Victorian capital city. 'It's disgusting,' she said. 'And the government don't care.' In another video, Skye said the bail laws were 'too lenient' after five 'African boys' stole her $100,000 car and were released. Skye claimed the same five had been stalking her house at night. In a third video, published on Saturday, Skye said she would be moving into an apartment in less than a week. 'I'm just so excited, because I'm getting the f**k out of here, finally,' she said. Skye said she had no one to move into the house and would therefore be paying off her mortgage while renting the apartment. In the year to March, the crime rate per 100,000 people has risen by more than 18 per cent. According to government crime statistics, between 2024 and 2025 property and deception offences, including break ins and theft, rose by 70,000 instances. Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency's latest data showed the rate of recorded offences also increased by 15 per cent in the last 12 months while the number of offences increased by 17 per cent. 'Property and deception offences had the largest increase in the last 12 months, up 23.8 per cent or 71,290 to 370,587 offences,' the CSA said. 'The main driver of the increase was Theft offences, up 58,570 to 240,210 offences due to Steal from a motor vehicle offences, which were up 23,259 to 82,414 offences in the last 12 months.'
Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Fed-up Melburnian exposes the terrifying problem plaguing her city and leaving her in fear: 'I'm sick of it'
A Melbourne resident says she is so terrified about living in her crime-ridden suburb that she is moving out of her house and putting it up for rent. Kiwi woman Chrissy Skye said she was 'getting the f*** out' of her Altona home, in south-west Melbourne, after she was left feeling 'unsafe at night'. She claims three cars have been stolen and that her house was broken into. Ms Skye said that a group of five boys made off with her $100,000 car. 'I'm going to go live in an apartment because I'm sick of it,' she said in a TikTok video. 'I feel so unsafe at night because of the crime in Melbourne. It's disgusting, and the government doesn't care.' She claimed the bail laws were too lenient and that the group of thieves had been released. Social media users slammed the crime rate in Melbourne. 'I've been offered a job transfer from NZ to Melbourne. I said hell no,' one wrote. Another added: 'Wake up Australia our women and children should be safe in their own homes.' Ms Skye shared her experience as Libertarian MP David Limbrick vows to overhaul the state's self-defence laws to give homeowners greater powers to protect their houses. 'People tell me they are worried about their safety and confused about what they are allowed to do, so I think it's high time we strengthened and clarified the laws about self-defence,' Limbrick told the Herald Sun. 'There have been disturbing cases where people protecting their families have been jailed while awaiting bail, and nearly ruined by legal costs, even though they were exonerated. 'The government should not tie residents' hands behind their backs. 'I want criminals who fool around to find out that you can vigorously protect yourself and your family in your own home.' Limbrick intends to move a motion in parliament this week demanding the Victorian Law Reform Commission review current self-defence laws. The UK's 'castle doctrine' could also be examined as a possible solution. The doctrine allows residents to defend themselves against intruders and use 'reasonable force'. 'If you have acted in reasonable self-defence, as described above, and the intruder dies you will still have acted lawfully,' a published guidance note states. The number of break-ins has soared in Melbourne over the last decade. In 2015, there were 2,300 break-ins, with the figure soaring to 5,000 in 2024. The number of thieves using weapons also rose from 36 in 2017 to 65 in 2024.
