A YOUNG family living in fear was forced to move to another suburb after a terrifying home invasion saw a father of two hacked by machete-wielding youths.

The dad was attacked by youths attempting to steal his new luxury Audi sedan in South Melbourne.

Security doors that normally enclose the garage of the luxury apartment complex were left open for hours before the incident occurred, allowing the attackers inside.

Cameras had been stolen from outside the garage a week before the attack, leaving investigators to think the man was targeted.

The victim said his family had been traumatised.

“I saw blood everywhere, and that’s when I started panicking,” he said.

Vision captured on CCTV shows two men - said to be young with “dark eyes and dark skin” - armed with machetes confront the driver during a tense few moments, demanding his car.

In an attempt to fight the growing youth crime wave, 59-year-old Melbourne man Hayden Bradford has created the Protect Victoria group.

“The government aren’t doing a damn thing to protect the innocent victims after those on bail reoffend,” he said.

“Protect Victoria is not a vigilante group, we’re just people who are fed up with the system right now and we want to make the government aware that things are out of control.”

Protect Victoria’s Facebook page has over 4000 followers and is quickly growing as more Victorians become fed up with the spike in youth crime.