Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara is a council area in South Australia with about 2,668 residents. It has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 90th 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 assault (97th percentile), break-ins (99th percentile), homicide (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 13,306 per 100,000 (+71% vs five years earlier); property 12,594 per 100,000 (+55% vs five years earlier); break-ins 4,423 per 100,000 (+85% vs five years earlier); theft 975 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area is 29.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 66.5% of occupied homes (290 public and 52 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 298 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1,147.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 2.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 25.5% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 60.6% of homes; about 1,128.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 2.6% 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 | 13,306 | 355 | +71% |
| Property | 12,594 | 336 | +55% |
| Break-ins | 4,423 | 118 | +85% |
| Theft | 975 | 26 | +24% |
Questions
Is Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara safe?
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara recorded 13,300 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 10.3 times the South Australia rate (1,300) and 10.4 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 66 out of 100 (high), 90th 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 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara?
118 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 4,420 per 100,000 residents, 6.6 times the South Australia rate (667).
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