another thing to look at too is if you are commuting you will also be looking at spending up to $50 a week on train fairs, unless you are a concession. If you are only travelling into the suburb to and from study then you should be safe, however be careful around the station at night as nigrita is correct there are a lot of gangs in the area. Unfortunately dandenong, springvale and noble park have become high in gang activity. But also this means in the heart of the suburb there is high police patrol as well.. I don't go into springvale very often as i am closer to mulgrave but when i do i often see police and i feel safe during the day. I just wouldn't walk around the station for tooo long at night or the immediate streets surrounding it.