Port Adelaide Enfield crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Port Adelaide Enfield is a council area in South Australia with about 143,022 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 78th 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 (75th percentile), break-ins (80th percentile), robbery (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
In 2025-26: violent 1,587 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 6,648 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 861 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,851 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 13th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area is 6.3% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 10.6% of occupied homes (3,874 public and 1,558 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 1,002 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 73.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.4% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in India, Vietnam, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 9.7% of homes; about 72.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 38% 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 | 1,587 | 2,270 | +21% |
| Property | 6,648 | 9,508 | +11% |
| Break-ins | 861 | 1,231 | -1% |
| Theft | 2,851 | 4,077 | -13% |
Questions
Is Port Adelaide Enfield safe?
Port Adelaide Enfield recorded 1,590 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 22% higher than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 24% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 68.1 out of 100 (high), 78th 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 Port Adelaide Enfield?
1,231 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 861 per 100,000 residents, about 29% higher than the South Australia rate (667).
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Police news near Port Adelaide Enfield
- Residents evacuated after suspicious fire at Brooklyn Park · Brooklyn Park, 22 Oct 2026 · 9 km away
- Robbery at St Peters · Saint Peters, 12 Oct 2026 · 8 km away
- Assault at Hackney during attempted robbery · Hackney, 9 Oct 2026 · 9 km away
- Stabbing in the western suburbs · Ferryden Park, 22 Sept 2026 · 2 km away
- Two arrested for robbery at Port Adelaide · Port Adelaide, 19 Sept 2026 · 5 km away
Part of Adelaide: Adelaide crime rate and crime map.
Suburbs in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area
Alberton · Angle Park · Birkenhead · Blair Athol · Broadview · Clearview · Croydon Park · Devon Park · Dudley Park · Enfield · Ethelton · Exeter · Ferryden Park · Gepps Cross · Gilles Plains · Gillman · Glanville · Greenacres · Hampstead Gardens · Hillcrest · Kilburn · Klemzig · Largs Bay · Largs North · Lightsview · Manningham · Mansfield Park · New Port · North Haven · Northfield · Northgate · Oakden · Osborne · Ottoway · Outer Harbor · Peterhead · Port Adelaide · Port Adelaide DC · Queenstown · Regency Park · Rosewater · Rosewater East · Sefton Park · Semaphore · Semaphore South · Taperoo · Valley View · Windsor Gardens · Wingfield · Woodville Gardens
Postcodes in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area
5008 · 5010 · 5012 · 5013 · 5014 · 5015 · 5016 · 5017 · 5018 · 5019 · 5083 · 5084 · 5085 · 5086 · 5087 · 5093 · 5094
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