VICTORIA will expand its CCTV network at public housing estates after a one-year trial pointed to reductions in crime and drug use.
Premier Ted Baillieu says overall crime around public flats at Richmond in inner Melbourne has dropped by 20 per cent since live-streaming security cameras and a police command post were set up last year.
"We're very pleased with these results," Mr Baillieu told reporters on Sunday.
Public housing estates in Collingwood and Fitzroy will now have live-streaming cameras installed during a one-year trial while the Richmond site, home to 2500 people, will continue to have such technology for another two years.
A review of the program will then determine if cameras should be rolled out elsewhere.
"After those reviews take place we'll obviously look at what other opportunities there are," Mr Baillieu said.
Police say there has been some displacement of crime and injecting drug use to other areas since the cameras and command post were set up.
But Assistant Commissioner Andrew Crisp said the security cameras had led to several arrests while officers had also helped addicts get the help they needed.
"We've seen a turnaround ... but we've still got some way to go," Mr Crisp said.
The state government continues to reject calls to open a safe drug injecting site similar to the one running in Sydney.
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