Death in Adelaide CBD
Where: Hindley Street, Adelaide, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Police are preparing a report for the Coroner following the death of a woman in Adelaide.
About 4.10am on Sunday 1 November, police and emergency services were called to a hotel at the corner of Hindley Street and Morphett Street, Adelaide, following reports that a woman had fallen from a balcony at the premises.
SA Ambulance paramedics treated the woman, aged in her 20s, but she sadly died at the scene.
There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
Police are aware that footage of the incident may have been captured by members of the public. Anyone with relevant footage is urged to contact police. Police strongly urge people not to share any vision of the incident on social media or by any other means, out of respect for the woman and her family.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or call on 1800 333 000.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Adelaide council area
Adelaide is a council area in South Australia with about 30,173 residents. It has a Crime Score 80 out of 100 (very high), 24th 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 (93rd percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), robbery (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 81.
- Violent
- 6,748 per 100k
- Property
- 21,678 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 1,816 per 100k
- Theft
- 11,918 per 100k
See the full Adelaide crime profile
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