Alexandrina crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Alexandrina is a council area in South Australia with about 31,427 residents. It has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 340th 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 (45th percentile), assault (16th percentile), break-ins (23rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 24.
In 2025-26: violent 493 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); property 1,289 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier); break-ins 270 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); theft 391 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 53rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Alexandrina council area is 4.5% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (110 public and 124 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 63 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 21.2 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.2% 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 3.9% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 1.8% of homes; about 20.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.5% 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 | 493 | 155 | +3% |
| Property | 1,289 | 405 | -23% |
| Break-ins | 270 | 85 | -16% |
| Theft | 391 | 123 | -40% |
Questions
Is Alexandrina safe?
Alexandrina recorded 493 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 62% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 61% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 18.6 out of 100 (very low), 340th of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Alexandrina?
85 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 270 per 100,000 residents, about 59% lower than the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Alexandrina council area
Alexandrina · Angas Plains · Ashbourne · Belvidere · Blackfellows Creek · Bletchley · Bremer · Clayton Bay · Currency Creek · Dingabledinga · Finniss · Gemmells · Goolwa · Goolwa Beach · Goolwa North · Goolwa South · Hartley · Highland Valley · Hindmarsh Island · Hope Forest · Kondoparinga · Kuitpo · Kuitpo Colony · Kyeema · Lake Plains · Langhorne Creek · McHarg Creek · Middleton · Milang · Montarra · Mosquito Hill · Mount Compass · Mount Magnificent · Mount Observation · Mundoo Island · Nangkita · Nurragi · Pages Flat · Paris Creek · Point Sturt · Port Elliot · Red Creek · Salem · Sandergrove · Strathalbyn · Tolderol · Tooperang · Willunga Hill · Willyaroo · Woodchester · Yundi
Postcodes in the Alexandrina council area
5157 · 5172 · 5201 · 5210 · 5212 · 5213 · 5214 · 5255 · 5256
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/sa-alexandrina/ · Australian Crime Map