Robbery at St Peters
Where: Eighth Avenue, Saint Peters, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
About 4.30pm on Sunday 11 October, police were called to Eighth Avenue following reports that a man had been threatened with a screwdriver and had his mobile phone stolen. The suspect allegedly fled the scene in a black Mazda sedan.
Police were in attendance and were unable to locate the suspect or suspect vehicle.
Police established the victim had recently posted an item for sale on an online marketplace.
As a result of an investigation the Mazda was located a short time later on Danvers Grove, Woodville Gardens.
The suspect a 21-year-old Woodville Gardens man was located at a nearby address where he was arrested.
The man was charged with aggravated robbery, drive whilst disqualified and resist arrest.
He was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on the 13 January 2027.
Police urge people to always consider their personal safety when meeting strangers or people they have met online, whether it is dating or socially, or buying or selling goods.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area
Norwood Payneham and St Peters is a council area in South Australia with about 40,845 residents. It has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 221st 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 break-ins (59th percentile), theft (86th percentile), assault (31st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
- Violent
- 673 per 100k
- Property
- 4,568 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 607 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,252 per 100k
See the full Norwood Payneham and St Peters crime profile
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