Robe crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia council area
Robe is a council area in South Australia with about 1,621 residents. It has a Crime Score 10 out of 100 (very low), 360th 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 homicide (18th percentile), vehicle theft (24th percentile), assault (8th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2025-26: violent 432 per 100,000 (+69% vs five years earlier); property 1,295 per 100,000 (-53% vs five years earlier); break-ins 185 per 100,000 (-81% vs five years earlier); theft 494 per 100,000 (-48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Robe council area is 2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (4 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.1 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 24.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.2% 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 | 432 | 7 | +69% |
| Property | 1,295 | 21 | -53% |
| Break-ins | 185 | 3 | -81% |
| Theft | 494 | 8 | -48% |
Questions
Is Robe safe?
Robe recorded 432 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 67% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 66% lower than the national rate (1,280). Its Crime Score is 9.9 out of 100 (very low), 360th 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 Robe?
3 break-ins were recorded in 2025-26: 185 per 100,000 residents, about 72% lower than the South Australia rate (667).
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Suburbs in the Robe council area
Boatswain Point · Bray · Greenways · Nora Creina · Robe · Ross · Smith · Waterhouse
Postcodes in the Robe council area
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/sa-robe/ · Australian Crime Map