Stabbing in the western suburbs
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A teen has been arrested for attempt murder at Ferryden Park.
About 1pm on Monday 21 September, police and emergency crews responded to reports of a stabbing.
The victim a 16-year- old girl was treated at the scene by SA Ambulance and conveyed to hospital with life threatening injuries.
The suspect a 15-year-old girl from Para Hills was arrested and charged with attempt murder and her bail has been refused.
She is expected to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court today.
The investigation is in its early stages, and the incident is not considered to be random and the parties involved are known to each other.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area
Port Adelaide Enfield is a council area in South Australia with about 143,022 residents. It has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 78th 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 (75th percentile), break-ins (80th percentile), robbery (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
- Violent
- 1,587 per 100k
- Property
- 6,648 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 861 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,851 per 100k
See the full Port Adelaide Enfield crime profile
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