>And don't even get me started on the violent crimes around pubs and clubs, the number of times you see broken glass and missing windows on cars parked in the s

>And don't even get me started on the violent crimes around pubs and clubs, the number of times you see broken glass and missing windows on cars parked in the streets, or the entire suburbs conquered by the illicit drug trade. This reads like fiction. The crime rate in Melbourne is one of the lowest in the world and apart from the standard drunken violence you find in the CBD Melbourne is an extremely safe city. Me thinks most people in Melbourne who are surprised by our ranking havn't spent much time in other large developed cities.