Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has supported calls for a national crime database to help fight youth crime in the state.

The premier said he would be willing to contribute 25 percent of the funding for the national program.

"When we get dozens or more young kids playing up from Sydney who are here in Melbourne, if we've got a database we'd know about those kids and what they're history is, what they're status is," Mr Andrews said today.

Youths of African appearance from interstate have been linked to an out-of-control house party that saw police pelted with rocks in Melbourne's west.

A series of high-profile crimes including riots, home invasions and armed robberies have also been connected to people of African background.

The premier did not rule out restricting Community Corrections Orders for serious offences, which sees offenders serve a sentence in the community.

However, he would not comment on what crimes would see a mandatory jail sentence imposed instead of the community sentencing order.

African community leaders last week announced they would work with police to form a task force to tackle youth crime and the address the causes of anti-social behaviour.

Community leaders and police have joined forces to patrol a shopping centre in Tarneit, in the west of the city.

Locals in the area had welcomed the patrols and said police were listening to concerns, Acting Superindent Adrian Healy said.

The pop-up police station will be at Tarneit Central Shopping Centre. (Tarneit Central Shopping Centre)

"We know that there is an over-representation of crime by some South Sudanese members but we know it's a small group and we are acting on it," Superindenent Healy said.

The state government has also hit back at claims from the opposition and the federal coalition that Victoria's judiciary is soft on crime.

Victoria had 8726 young offenders in 2015-15, NSW 20,051, and Queensland 12,931, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.

Mr Andrews’ announcement comes a day before he jets off to India tomorrow for his first official visit.

Mr Andrews will jet to India tomorrow for a five-day official tour of the country. (9NEWS)

He will promote the state’s new India Strategy, which will aim to double Australia’s annual Indian export to $959 million by 2027.

Postgraduate number of Indian students in Victoria are aimed to rise by 25 percent, while Indian tourists' spending will nearly triple to $885 million.

During the five-day visit, Mr Andrews will also implore Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi to extradite the hit-run killer of Puneet Puneet.

“He needs to be sent back here…he needs to face the justice he richly deserves,” Mr Andrews said.

James Merlino will be acting premier in Mr Andrews’ absence.

With AAP

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