Kimba crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Kimba is a council area in South Australia with about 1,064 residents. It has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 341st 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 robbery (58th percentile), break-ins (40th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 7.
In 2025-26: violent 376 per 100,000 (+298% vs five years earlier); property 1,880 per 100,000 (+230% vs five years earlier); break-ins 564 per 100,000 (+98% vs five years earlier); theft 752 per 100,000 (+296% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kimba council area is 1.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (0 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 1 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, Nepal. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 9.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.9% 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 | 376 | 4 | +298% |
| Property | 1,880 | 20 | +230% |
| Break-ins | 564 | 6 | +98% |
| Theft | 752 | 8 | +296% |
Questions
Is Kimba safe?
Kimba recorded 376 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 71% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 71% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 18.6 out of 100 (very low), 341st 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 Kimba?
6 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 564 per 100,000 residents, about 15% lower than the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Kimba council area
Barna · Buckleboo · Bungeroo · Caralue · Cootra · Corrobinnie · Cortlinye · Cunyarie · Hill · Kelly · Kimba · Moseley · Panitya · Peella · Pinkawillinie · Pinkawillinie · Solomon · Yalanda
Postcodes in the Kimba council area
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/sa-kimba/ · Australian Crime Map