Abduction arrest Paralowie
Where: Niven Drive, Paralowie, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Police have arrested a man following an incident at Paralowie on Monday.
Just before 7.30pm on Monday 5 October, a couple and small child were walking along Niven Drive when a man attempted to abduct the child. He allegedly picked her up and carried her a short distance, before putting her down again.
As a result of investigations, CIB detectives arrested an 18-year-old man from Paralowie over the incident.
He was charged with abduction of a child and refused police bail. He will appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court today.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Salisbury council area
Salisbury is a council area in South Australia with about 151,019 residents. It has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 120th 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 (72nd percentile), robbery (80th percentile), theft (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.
- Violent
- 1,521 per 100k
- Property
- 5,647 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 691 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,459 per 100k
See the full Salisbury crime profile
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