Arrest after man stabbed at Elizabeth
Where: Dauntsey Road, Elizabeth, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man was arrested after an alleged stabbing at Elizabeth this afternoon.
Police were called to Dauntsey Road, Elizabeth at 1.30pm on Tuesday 8 September by reports of an assault.
A 54-year-old man was located with non-life-threatening injuries and conveyed to hospital by SA Ambulance.
Witnesses reported seeing the suspect run from the scene and police quickly swarmed the area.
A suspect was located a short distance away Playford Boulevard and arrested.
The 23-year-old man from Adelaide was charged with recklessly cause harm to another.
His bail was refused and he is expected to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Wednesday 9 September.
Anyone who witnessed this incident who has not provided their details to police or with CCTV or dashcam footage can contact Crime Stoppers at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or 1800 333 000.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Playford council area
Playford is a council area in South Australia with about 115,790 residents. It has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 45th 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 (83rd percentile), homicide (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 74.
- Violent
- 2,203 per 100k
- Property
- 7,508 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 973 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,290 per 100k
See the full Playford crime profile
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