Brighton crime: Family in affluent Melbourne suburb burgled three times in a night Rebecca Judd slams Premier Jacinta Allan

A family of four has become the latest victim of what some are calling a crime wave in an affluent suburb after a famous local resident criticized the Prime Minister over the issue.

On Tuesday, former AFL WAG Rebecca Judd called out Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan after a home invasion in her affluent suburb left an elderly man fighting for his life.

This followed a shocking night of crime where another home in Brighton, 11km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, was burglarized three times within five hours on Sunday morning. All this was captured on camera surveillance.

Two thieves wearing hoods and masks first broke in at 1am to steal car keys and the remote control of the underground garage while the family slept.

They returned at 2.30am with more accomplices to steal the family’s sedan, a black ute and a Mini Cooper.

By 6am, the brazen thieves were back with even more help clearing out the rest of the garage to steal a dirt bike, an e-scooter, an adventure bike, golf clubs, a handbag and other expensive belongings.

AFL WAG Rebecca Judd (pictured) is a consistent critic of crime levels in Brighton

The thieves even peeked through a bathroom window while a family guest was showering.

“Once they knew it was an easy target, they called their friends and cleaned up the rest,” a family member, who wished to remain anonymous, told the resident. Seven news.

“Maybe the scariest thing is how many times they came back.”

The perpetrators appear to be young, with the resident saying he ‘almost expected’ the burglary because youth crime is so common in the area.

“You see it all the time,” the man added.

The police are investigating the incident.

“It’s typical of Melbourne at the moment,” Victoria Opposition police spokesman Brad Battin said.

‘It is a worrying sign when people have so little fear that they can return to the same home three times in one night.

“I think young people today know the laws better than we think because it’s basically a green light for young people that you can commit crime here in Victoria.”

The next morning, in the same suburb, three perpetrators broke into a house a stone’s throw from Judd’s $7.3 million mansion, raising her crime level once again.

“A 74-year-old man was severely assaulted at the time and was subsequently transported to hospital in critical condition,” a police statement said.

The thieves returned at 6 a.m. to empty the rest of the family’s garage

Judd, who lives with her husband Chris, the AFL premiership legend, and their four children, shared a news report about the story.

“Just another night in Victoria (yes, this is Bayside again, but we know this happens everywhere),” Judd told her 758,000 Instagram followers.

She also addresses the state premier directly. “Jacinta Allan, how are you still avoiding this? Let’s see how many of the alleged perpetrators are out on bail?’

‘Thoughts are with the victim in intensive care and his poor wife.’

Judd, 41, has consistently called on the Victorian Government to do more to tackle crime in Melbourne.

In June 2022, she said she felt “unsafe” in her mansion and that she was “so sick of the rape, bashing and home invasions by the gangs in Bayside.”

“I personally know two women who have experienced house burglaries in Brighton in recent weeks while at home,” she said.

She also posted CCTV footage of a gang of young men lurking outside properties in her affluent suburb, claiming it made her feel ‘unsafe’.

Rebecca Judd (pictured) has called out Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan after a home invasion in her affluent suburb of Bayside left an elderly man fighting for his life