Victoria Crime Statistics Show Lockdown Impacts

Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 7, 2020 as authorities close the border due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in Victoria. WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images

There were 37,505 breaches of coronavirus health orders in Victoria last year and a nine per cent increase in family violence incidents, new crime statistics show.

Overall, the number of recorded offences in the state increased by 2.3 per cent to almost 550,000 during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.