Overall crime in Brimbank has fallen significantly for the first time in five years.
Figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency last week showed an 8.8 per cent drop in recorded offences.
However, crimes against the person have hit a five-year high.
Brimbank had 2635 reported cases of crimes against the person in the year ending June, 2017, a four per cent rise on the 2534 incidents recorded in 2016.
Sexual offences are up an alarming 35 per cent, while abduction and related offences jumped 86.4 per cent with 41 incidents.
Taylors Lakes led the trend, with crimes against the person jumping 21.5 per cent following a 39 per cent increase in assault and related offences.
In Caroline Springs, robberies, stalking and harassment, and dangerous and negligent acts endangering people, contributed to a 14.6 per cent rise in crimes against the person.
Drug-related offences in Caroline Springs were also significantly up, with a 29.7 per cent spike recorded.
A rise in crimes against the person was a trend across the municipality, with Kealba (44.7 per cent) Cairnlea (15.1), St Albans (13) and Burnside (12.1) all recording an increase in that category.
Drug-related offences continued to fall, with the 1290 recorded offences, the lowest number since 2014.
Ardeer recorded just 16 drug related offences, down on the 79 the suburb had in 2013.
Keilor also had a significant decline in drug offences. However, a 48.5 per cent rise in property and deception offences and a 66.7 per cent increase in public order and security offences meant crime in the suburb was up a total of 27.4 per cent.
Burnside had 27 recorded incidents of drug use and possession – a significant rise on the four seen in 2016.
Delahey also had an increase, recording a 72.5 per cent rise, with drug use and possession up 53.6 per cent and drug dealing and trafficking up 122.2 per cent.
Kealba, which had an alarming increase in crimes against the person, also recorded a 38.7 per cent increase in drug related offences.
A total of 10 homicides were recorded across Brimbank for the year, an increase of two from the previous year.
