Crime in Greater Shepparton has risen 3.5 per cent in the year to December 2025, according to the Crime Statistics Agency.
Member for Shepparton District Kim O’Keeffe said increasing demand was leaving officers unable to respond to broader community needs.
“Seventy-five per cent of Shepparton police’s time is taken up with dealing with domestic violence incidents, which is taking them off the streets and unable to get out to callouts,” she said.
“Communities are sick of not knowing when their local police stations are open. The Mooroopna Police Station is rarely open, despite the fact criminal incidents increased in Mooroopna by 20 per cent last year.”
O’Keeffe said communities and emergency services have all “had enough of Labor’s soft approach when it comes to crime.” She said the National and Liberals “Safer Communities Plan” if elected would deliver “tough new laws alongside practical prevention programs,” building on the Coalition’s Break Bail, Face Jail policy in Victoria.
