Port Augusta crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Port Augusta is a council area in South Australia with about 14,469 residents. It has a Crime Score 82 out of 100 (very high), 20th 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 (95th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 75.
In 2025-26: violent 8,508 per 100,000 (+105% vs five years earlier); property 18,529 per 100,000 (+75% vs five years earlier); break-ins 5,377 per 100,000 (+164% vs five years earlier); theft 5,495 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 3rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Augusta council area is 6.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 12.7% of occupied homes (594 public and 57 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 188 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 130 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 11.5% of homes; about 127.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.4% 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 | 8,508 | 1,231 | +105% |
| Property | 18,529 | 2,681 | +75% |
| Break-ins | 5,377 | 778 | +164% |
| Theft | 5,495 | 795 | +36% |
Questions
Is Port Augusta safe?
Port Augusta recorded 8,510 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 6.6 times the South Australia rate (1,300) and 6.6 times the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 82.3 out of 100 (very high), 20th 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 Augusta?
778 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 5,380 per 100,000 residents, 8.1 times the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Port Augusta council area
Blanche Harbor · Commissariat Point · Copley · Davenport · Gillen · Jenkins · Miranda · Mundallio · Port Augusta · Port Augusta · Port Augusta West · Port Paterson · Stirling North · Wami Kata · Winninowie
Postcodes in the Port Augusta council area
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/sa-port-augusta/ · Australian Crime Map