Port Pirie crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Port Pirie is a council area in South Australia with about 17,664 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 77th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (85th percentile), homicide (83rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 54.
In 2025-26: violent 2,349 per 100,000 (+66% vs five years earlier); property 5,763 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,059 per 100,000 (+4% vs five years earlier); theft 1,834 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 8th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Pirie council area is 7.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.9% of occupied homes (573 public and 66 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 140 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 79.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.2% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 8.1% of homes; about 78 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.4% 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 | 2,349 | 415 | +66% |
| Property | 5,763 | 1,018 | +45% |
| Break-ins | 1,059 | 187 | +4% |
| Theft | 1,834 | 324 | +15% |
Questions
Is Port Pirie safe?
Port Pirie recorded 2,350 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 81% higher than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 83% higher than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 68.3 out of 100 (high), 77th 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 Pirie?
187 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 1,060 per 100,000 residents, about 59% higher than the South Australia rate (667).
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Police news near Port Pirie
- Fatal house fire at Redhill · Redhill, 20 Sept 2026 · 30 km away
Suburbs in the Port Pirie council area
Bungama · Collinsfield · Coonamia · Crystal Brook · Germein Bay · Koolunga · Lower Broughton · Merriton · Napperby · Nelshaby · Nurom · Pirie · Pirie East · Port Davis · Port Pirie · Port Pirie South · Port Pirie West · Redhill · Risdon Park · Risdon Park South · Solomontown · Wandearah · Wandearah East · Wandearah West · Warnertown
Postcodes in the Port Pirie council area
5464 · 5521 · 5523 · 5540 · 5555
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