Comment on Discussion Thread 😛 Friday 17 April 2026
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day agoIt’s so hard, yeah. Been having that problem myself.
I check out the historical news, see if people on various sites mention any trouble spots, and kind of keep a weather eye out for red flags. Unfortunately it’s easy to miss things and then you’re stuck until you can get another place.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I do have the bonus information that comes from working in emergency services, I get to see a lot of things that are going on that most people don’t, so that at least reduces the risk I’ll get stuck with the dodgy neighbour.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Oh you are so lucky on that one
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Is Melton really bad? What parts? The bird cage? Help? You will not offend me? I’m stuck here anyway? Help? Please!!!.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Melton’s biggest downside is that it up with Rockbank to become a bunch of new suburbs no one ever heard of. The huge advantage of that is the suburbs creeping down towards the south stopped the weir being a great place to torch stolen cars, which a decade ago was Meltons main claim to fame (as far as emergency services go).
Realistically speaking there are no suburbs or towns I’d say are overall really bad. Where there is a problem spot it’s generally at most a street or two, or isolated dodgy neighbours. I read a study a while ago that looked at the crime distribution of a bunch of areas and identified that there were crime ‘hotspots’ but they generally were no bigger than a block or two, and outside of those areas there was not much impact felt from it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Interesting. I’ve swam in the weir. They used to have boat races or water skiing or some shit down there. It’s down the hill, left to Werribee or right to Bacchus Marsh via Eynesbury/ Exford. Basically the back roads. Always seen burnt out cars. Green Gully road in Keilor use to be the same or they’d push them into the dam there.
Rockbank/Cobblebank used to be farmland until a collective of owns sold their properties for a Victorian record to developers.
If you speak to anyone associated with Melton they will tell you to avoid The Birdcage (a bunch of streets with bird names) or Melton South which is where I’m at. Honestly I feel safe here but I will not let YL walk home from the station but I wouldn’t let anyone walk alone anywhere. Safety in numbers.