Victorian vehicle theft rates rise to buck trend across mainland Australia
维多利亚州汽车盗窃率逆势攀升，打破澳洲大陆整体下降的趋势
Motor vehicle theft claims have spiked in Victoria, according to new insurance data, bucking a decline in every other mainland state. New analysis from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows there was a 25 per cent increase in motor theft claims from 2024 to 2025, and a 37 per cent rise in incurred costs over the same period.
最新保险数据显示，维州的汽车盗窃索赔案激增，这与澳洲大陆其他各州的下降趋势背道而驰。澳洲保险委员会（ICA）的分析显示，2024年至2025年间，汽车盗窃索赔案增加了25%，相关产生的费用也上升了37%。
ICA chief executive Andrew Hall said the Insurance Statistics Australia (ISA) data showed Victoria's total bill — $243 million across more than 12,500 claims — was higher than the combined sum of all other mainland states. "It's a startling figure and this data has taken us by surprise as well," he said. "It's good news around the rest of the country where we have seen Queensland reduce its rates in the biggest drop since 2022, down 1 per cent. Western Australia is down 15 per cent. "South Australia is down, even New South Wales has come down a couple of points. But in Victoria it jumped so much that it lifted the overall costs again for the country."
ICA首席执行官安德鲁·霍尔表示，澳洲保险统计局（ISA）的数据显示，维州的总账单——超过12,500起索赔案共计2.43亿澳元——高于其他所有大陆州的总和。他说：“这是一个令人震惊的数字，数据也让我们大吃一惊。全国其他地区则是好消息，我们看到昆士兰州的费率下降了1%，这是自2022年以来最大的降幅。西澳大利亚州下降了15%。南澳大利亚州也下降了，就连新南威尔士州也下降了几个百分点。但在维州，数字飙升幅度之大，再次拉高了全国的整体成本。”
Victorian claims were concentrated in metropolitan Melbourne, which recorded 10,400 claims totalling $205 million, up 30 per cent by volume and 42 per cent by value between 2024 and 2025. By comparison, metropolitan Sydney notched up about 2,600 claims between 2024 and 2025, while Brisbane and Perth had about 2,700 and greater Adelaide about 1,000 claims during the same 12-month period.
维州的索赔案主要集中在大墨尔本地区，该地区在2024年至2025年间记录了10,400起索赔案，总计2.05亿澳元，数量和金额分别增长了30%和42%。相比之下，大悉尼地区在同期约有2,600起索赔案，布里斯班和珀斯分别约为2,700起，大阿德莱德地区约为1,000起。
"This is a problem in Melbourne," Mr Hall said. "It's about 10,000 cars a year now being stolen or broken into in Melbourne — the equivalent of every car you can park at Tullamarine airport being stolen or broken into."
霍尔先生说：“这是墨尔本的问题。现在墨尔本每年约有1万辆汽车被盗或遭破坏——相当于图拉马林机场（Tullamarine airport）能停放的所有汽车被盗或遭破坏。”
Victorian motorist Samantha Petrevski and her partner pulled over to help at the scene of a car crash in Melbourne's outer north in November last year. A car ahead of them had flipped onto its roof and a man was trying to get himself free from the wreck. Shortly after the man was extricated, he attempted to steal Ms Petrevski's vehicle. "All of a sudden, I hear someone turn around and say, 'Whose red car is that? He's getting in it,' and I turn around and he's literally closing my driver's door, puts the keys in the ignition, I see my brake lights turn on and that's when I started to run for the car," she said.
去年11月，维州司机萨曼莎·佩特雷夫斯基（Samantha Petrevski）和她的伴侣在墨尔本北部郊区停车，帮助一起车祸现场。他们前方的一辆车翻覆在车顶，一名男子正试图从残骸中挣脱出来。该男子获救后不久，便试图偷走佩特雷夫斯基的车辆。她说：“突然，我听到有人回头说：‘那辆红车是谁的？他正坐进去。’我回头一看，他 literally（简直/确实）在关我的驾驶座车门，把钥匙插进点火开关，我看到刹车灯亮了，那时我开始向车跑去。”
Ms Petrevski said the man they tried to help then sped off in her vehicle but crashed again only a short time later. "I don't stop now if I see an accident. I just lock my doors. I get a little bit shaken up," she said.
佩特雷夫斯基说，他们试图帮助的那名男子随后开着她的车飞驰而去，但不久后又发生了车祸。“现在如果我看到事故，我不会再停车了。我只是锁好车门。这让我有些心有余悸。”她说。
With a state election scheduled for November, Monash University politics professor Zareh Ghazarian said car theft and crime more broadly were key campaign issues. Dr Ghazarian said the state government had attempted to address rising crime rates with changes to bail laws and introducing adult time for violent crime laws. "We've seen in opinion polls that crime has been really prominent and at top of people's minds when it comes to Victoria," Dr Ghazarian said. "And we've also seen data that is showing that there are increases of crime in the state. So this is politically a very big and very serious issue for the Allan government."
鉴于州选举定于11月举行，莫纳什大学政治学教授扎雷·加扎里安（Zareh Ghazarian）表示，汽车盗窃和更广泛的犯罪问题是竞选的关键议题。加扎里安博士说，州政府试图通过修改保释法和引入暴力犯罪“成年刑期”法来应对不断上升的犯罪率。加扎里安博士说：“我们在民意调查中看到，犯罪问题在维州非常突出，处于人们思绪的顶端。我们也看到了显示该州犯罪率上升的数据。因此，这对阿兰（Allan）政府来说是一个政治上非常重大且严重的问题。”
In a statement, a Victoria Police spokesperson said car theft had spiked significantly in recent years.
维多利亚州警方发言人在一份声明中表示，近年来汽车盗窃案显著激增。