Copper Coast crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Copper Coast is a council area in South Australia with about 16,601 residents. It has a Crime Score 40 out of 100 (low), 246th 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 (53rd percentile), break-ins (71st percentile), homicide (57th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 940 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 2,765 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 608 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 988 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 27th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Copper Coast council area is 7.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (207 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 28 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.3% 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 6.4% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 17.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.5% 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 | 940 | 156 | +1% |
| Property | 2,765 | 459 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 608 | 101 | -27% |
| Theft | 988 | 164 | -13% |
Questions
Is Copper Coast safe?
Copper Coast recorded 940 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 28% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 27% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 39.7 out of 100 (low), 246th 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 Copper Coast?
101 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 608 per 100,000 residents, about 9% lower than the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Copper Coast council area
Boors Plain · Cross Roads · Cunliffe · East Moonta · Hamley · Jericho · Jerusalem · Kadina · Kooroona · Matta Flat · Moonta · Moonta Bay · Moonta Mines · New Town · North Beach · North Moonta · North Yelta · Paramatta · Paskeville · Port Hughes · Thrington · Wallaroo · Wallaroo Mines · Wallaroo Plain · Warburto · Willamulka · Yelta
Postcodes in the Copper Coast council area
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