Biggs Flat crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Biggs Flat is a suburb in the Mount Barker council area of South Australia (about 45,111 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 343rd 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 homicide (40th percentile), assault (17th percentile), robbery (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 21.
In 2025-26: violent 514 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); property 1,581 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 206 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 745 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 50th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Barker council area is 3.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.9% of occupied homes (312 public and 115 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 49 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 11.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, South Africa, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.7% of homes; about 11.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
South Australia publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Biggs Flat are those of the Mount Barker council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 514 | 232 | +39% |
| Property | 1,581 | 713 | -9% |
| Break-ins | 206 | 93 | -11% |
| Theft | 745 | 336 | -4% |
Mount Barker council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Biggs Flat safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Biggs Flat is in the Mount Barker council area, which recorded 514 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 60% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 60% lower than the national rate (1,280). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
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