Home security footage shows two men in hoodies break into backyard of Gippsland home

Scary home security footage has revealed two unwanted visitors sneaking around a backyard of a Morwell property, with fears youth crime is rising.

Worried Gippsland locals fear youths are behind a rise in criminal activity, with people taking to social media to share footage of break-ins and other law breaking.

Simon Bartlett shared security footage to a Morwell community group of youths in hoodies who tried to break into his home on The Ave at 2.12am on October 7.

“Heads up in The Avenue, there’s a group of teenagers going around in the early hours of the morning trying to break into homes again,” Mr Bartlett said in the post.

Mr Bartlett confirmed the pair didn’t get into the home.

The videos showed two people in hoods walking slowly around the backyard, looking around the property.

Home security camera shows the moment two alleged offenders roam around in the backyard of a Morwell home on October 7, 2023. Picture: Facebook

“Disgusting. I’m in The Avenue, this is scary,” Kelly Tyler commented.

“Thanks for the heads up,” Evan Walters wrote.

“One day someone will catch them,” Jennie Moyle said.

Traralgon woman Emily Overton said her car was broken into recently on Hazelwood Dr, while

Mickos Robertos also shared an incident to a Gippsland and Latrobe Valley crime group that took place last week.

“To the lovely bloke with the grim reaper mask on driving a Nissan Navara that came into the Lutheran Church Traralgon twice today and ripped up our grass and tried to break into our sheds, got you on CCTV mate,” Mr Robertos said in the post.

The Herald Sun recently revealed Morwell had the highest crime rates in Victoria outside of Melbourne.

Morwell local Reeanna Badcock believed crime in the town was only getting worse. Picture: Brittany Carlson

Morwell woman Reeanna Badcock, 22, said she had been living in the town for more than three years and no longer felt safe.

“I’m sure there are some good areas in Morwell — but I no longer feel safe raising my daughter in this town — I refuse to stay in my home alone with my daughter of a night time,” Ms Badcock said.

“The rental we’re in, we’ve only been in for a bit over three months and we’ve had countless police cars drive around our streets and attend to houses on either side of us.”

Ms Badcock believed crime in the area was increasing “big time”.

“The amount of car break-ins and attempted break-ins to houses, I’m waiting for something bad to happen to our cars or even worse, our home,” she said.

“Morwell is definitely not a place I wish to be raising my future children or planning a future with my partner and daughter.”

According to Crime Statistics Agency, the highest recorded offence rates in the Latrobe Valley region in the year ending 31 March 2023 were 14,776.8 offences per the 100,000 estimated resident population, which is a 4.3 per cent increase in the area.