Student resources

Student resources

Learn about the Victoria Police resources available for students including media, interviews and statistics.

This page is a resource for tertiary and secondary school students to assist in finding information.

Victoria Police receives a large number of requests from students every day.

This page provides links to information on news and campaigns, crime statistics, school visits, work experience and placements and more.

News

View media releases, visit Victoria Police News

View article on Victoria Police in the latest edition of Police Life magazine

Interviews

Due to heavy workloads, we are not able to facilitate one on one student interviews with police members. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Statistics

Corporate Statistics collect crime, traffic and population statistics, with crime and traffic statistics covering the whole of Victoria.

The Crime Statistics Agency (CSA)(opens in a new window) is responsible for processing, analysing and publishing Victorian crime statistics, independent of Victoria Police.

Freedom of information

Information requests can be made via Freedom of Information

Work experience and tertiary placement

Victoria Police offers work experience and placements to secondary and tertiary students. To find out about our different programs visit Work Experience

Careers

To find out more about recruiting and police careers, visit Police Careers

School and community group visits

Police are able to visit schools and discuss a wide range of topics with students. To find out more, contact your local police station

The Victoria Police Museum also runs three education programs based on their collections and the Victorian school curriculum, visit Victoria Police Museum

Research
(tertiary students)

For tertiary students who wish to conduct research with Victoria Police personnel, data or resources visit Research

Guest speakers

Enquiries about police being guest speakers should be directed to your local police. Details of how to contact your local police can be found in the Find my local police station section of this site.

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