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Kaitlyn Offer and Callum Godde

'Unwanted milestone': family violence sparks crime high

Police in Victoria are responding to family violence incidents at a rate of 280 a day. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Men have been warned police will be knocking on doors this Christmas after crime hit a 20-year state high led by a surge in family violence.

The number of criminal incidents recorded in the year to September 30 was 431,683, up 15 per cent on the same period in 2023, Victoria's Crime Statistics Agency revealed on Thursday.

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