Naracoorte Lucindale crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Naracoorte Lucindale is a council area in South Australia with about 8,930 residents. It has a Crime Score 23 out of 100 (low), 321st 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 (39th percentile), break-ins (39th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2025-26: violent 773 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 1,579 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 291 per 100,000 (-47% vs five years earlier); theft 493 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area is 2.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (62 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 38 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 42.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in New Zealand, England, Afghanistan. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 41.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.5% 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 | 773 | 69 | +15% |
| Property | 1,579 | 141 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 291 | 26 | -47% |
| Theft | 493 | 44 | -40% |
Questions
Is Naracoorte Lucindale safe?
Naracoorte Lucindale recorded 773 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 40% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 40% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 23.1 out of 100 (low), 321st 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 Naracoorte Lucindale?
26 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 291 per 100,000 residents, about 56% lower than the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area
Avenue Range · Binnum · Bool Lagoon · Cadgee · Coles · Conmurra · Fox · Frances · Hynam · Jessie · Joanna · Joyce · Keppoch · Koppamurra · Kybybolite · Laurie Park · Lochaber · Lucindale · Mount Light · Moyhall · Naracoorte · Robertson · Spence · Stewart Range · Struan · The Gap · Townsend · Wild Dog Valley · Woolumbool · Wrattonbully
Postcodes in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area
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