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Melbourne is one of Australia's two global cities — consistently ranked among the world's most liveable — and historically one of the country's strongest property markets. But it is now trailing other capitals. Could that be about to change?

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[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most liveable if you are ok with record amounts of crime.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

which a misleading statement. If you correct for per capita, then the rate is declining

https://theconversation.com/is-melbourne-really-the-crime-capital-of-australia-267861

However, when measuring crime on a per capita basis, Melbourne’s crime rate is actually lower today (18,097 per 100,000) compared to 2016 (18,334 per 100,000).