In Wilkie Collins’s 1868 mystery novel, The Moonstone, the otherwise respectable household steward Gabriel Betteredge finds himself gripped by a powerful—but, it seems, not altogether ...

With his pipe, deerstalker hat and formidable "methods," Sherlock Holmes may be the most recognizable face of the Victorian mystery story. But how does he stack up against Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste ...

The horror new crime data was released to the media just after 9am on Thursday which revealed the worst crime rate on record. Victoria Police published their summary of the data at 9.05am — just 10 ...

"You're a bad, wicked boy," Robert Coombes' aunt tells himwhen the decaying body of his mother is discovered in her bedroom, 10 days after he stabbed her. Readers attuned to Kate Summerscale's ...

Australia’s largest car parts retailer has revealed the extraordinary scale of Victoria’s retail theft epidemic. Angus McKay, the CEO of ASX-listed Bapcor, said the level of theft and acts of violence ...

Michael Sims, editor of The Dead Witness, resurrects long-forgotten Victorian crime writing. With his pipe, deerstalker hat and formidable "methods," Sherlock Holmes may be the most recognizable face ...

Garrotting and the murders of Jack the Ripper provoked nation-wide panics during the 19th century. Were the Victorians right to think that crime was in decline? The Victorians had faith in progress.

Wesfarmers is now the fifth major retailer in a week calling for the Victorian government to crack down on its crime problem, which it says are at levels far above other parts of the country. It is ...

Jacinta Allan last week urged the AFL and Richmond to explain how Balta is available for selection despite pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. She described footage of the Balta ...

Victoria has been the outlier in fighting retail crime but is now pledging to pass Workplace Protection Order legislation and strengthen penalties for assaults, abuse, and harassment against retail ...