Police pursuit ends in arrest at Clarence Gardens
Where: Goodwood Road, Clarence Gardens, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A driver and passenger have been arrested following a police pursuit through the Adelaide CBD and southern suburbs overnight.
Just after 11pm on Saturday 3 October, police attempted to stop a Hyundai hatchback on Anzac Highway at Plympton however the driver refused.
Eastern District patrols shortly after sighted the Hyundai travelling through the CBD and initiated a short pursuit before losing sight of the vehicle.
About 11.30pm, Southern District patrols located the Hyundai on Goodwood Road at Clarence Gardens.
The vehicle was tracked through the southern suburbs towards Reynella and O'Halloran Hill, travelling through a number of intersections along South Road before police successfully spiked the vehicles tyres at Melrose Park.
The driver and passenger were arrested without incident a short time later. Checks revealed the Hyundai was stolen from a Mannum address in September.
The driver, a 31-year-old man from Norwood, is expected to be charged with illegal use of a motor vehicle, engaging in a police pursuit, traffic offences and other outstanding matters.
The passenger, a 48-year-old man from O'Halloran Hill, was charged with illegal use of a motor vehicle and possessing a controlled drug.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Marion council area
Marion is a council area in South Australia with about 101,229 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 192nd 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 (55th percentile), break-ins (58th percentile), theft (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
- Violent
- 1,027 per 100k
- Property
- 4,360 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 529 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,166 per 100k
See the full Marion crime profile
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