Mount Gambier crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Mount Gambier is a council area in South Australia with about 28,057 residents. It has a Crime Score 56 out of 100 (moderate), 141st 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 (78th percentile), break-ins (69th percentile), homicide (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2025-26: violent 1,465 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 4,049 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 724 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); theft 1,547 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 15th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Gambier council area is 4.7% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8% of occupied homes (779 public and 97 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 132 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Myanmar. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 7.3% of homes; about 46.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.3% 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 | 1,465 | 411 | +7% |
| Property | 4,049 | 1,136 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 724 | 203 | +0% |
| Theft | 1,547 | 434 | -1% |
Questions
Is Mount Gambier safe?
Mount Gambier recorded 1,460 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% higher than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 14% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 56.3 out of 100 (moderate), 141st 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 Mount Gambier?
203 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 724 per 100,000 residents, about 8% higher than the South Australia rate (667).
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