Adelaide Plains crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Adelaide Plains is a council area in South Australia with about 11,736 residents. It has a Crime Score 38 out of 100 (low), 254th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (83rd percentile), vehicle theft (80th percentile), assault (31st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 35.
In 2024-25: violent 750 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); property 2,249 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier); break-ins 443 per 100,000 (-50% vs five years earlier); theft 827 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Adelaide Plains council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.4% of occupied homes (9 public and 5 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 16 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 0.4% of homes; about 15 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.3% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 750 | 88 | +34% |
| Property | 2,249 | 264 | -34% |
| Break-ins | 443 | 52 | -50% |
| Theft | 827 | 97 | -32% |
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Suburbs in the Adelaide Plains council area
Barabba · Calomba · Dublin · Fischer · GRACE · Grace Plains · Korunye · Lewiston · LONG PLAINS · Lower Light · Mallala · Middle Beach · Parham · Port Gawler · Redbanks · Reeves Plains · Thompson Beach · TWO WELLS · Webb Beach · Wild Horse Plains · WINDSOR
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