Police on Wednesday had two men in custody assisting with their inquiries.

It's the latest in an alarming number of knife-related incidents in the region during the past 12 months. There have been three fatal stabbings, one at a Port Fairy caravan park in September, another at a Portland toilet block during August and a third at a Warrnambool unit in December last year. A woman suffered a stab wound to her foot and a man's genitals were stabbed in other unrelated incidents.

Detective Senior Sergeant David Reither, who oversees south-west crime detectives, said the circumstances in each case were different but the people involved were generally known to each other. He said people in the community were generally safe and the crime rate in the south-west was very low.

It has also been suggested that some of those involved in the deaths used drugs.

Wednesday: 7.30am

Two men are in the Warrnambool Base Hospital after being stabbed at the Portland Point Danger gannet colony last night.

Portland police Sergeant Ray Hasting said there was an incident at 10.30pm on Tuesday night in the Point Danger area.

"Two Portland men aged in their 30s were stabbed stabbed at the gannet colony," he said.

"There are two persons in custody at present assisting police with our inquiries.

"We are not sure of the circumstances surrounding the incident and investigations are continuing."

Sergeant Hastings said the two stabbed men had received non-life-threatening injuries.

"They were were transported to Warrnambool Base Hospital for further assessment and treatment," he said.

Anyone with information about the stabbings is requested to contact Detective Sergeant Mark James at the Portland police station or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

More to come.

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