BLACK ROCK crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
BLACK ROCK is a suburb in the Orroroo Carrieton council area of South Australia (about 884 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 6 out of 100 (very low), 362nd 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 (18th percentile), sexual offences (10th percentile), robbery (5th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 8.
In 2024-25: violent 113 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 1,357 per 100,000 (+142% vs five years earlier); break-ins 113 per 100,000 (-75% vs five years earlier); theft 452 per 100,000 (+102% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 69th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Orroroo Carrieton council area is 3.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (3 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Philippines, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.2% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 33.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.4% 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 BLACK ROCK are those of the Orroroo Carrieton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 113 | 1 | +1% |
| Property | 1,357 | 12 | +142% |
| Break-ins | 113 | 1 | -75% |
| Theft | 452 | 4 | +102% |
Orroroo Carrieton council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Nearby suburbs
BELTON · BENDLEBY · BLACK ROCK PLAIN · CARRIETON · COOMOOROO · ERSKINE · EURELIA · EURILPA · JOHNBURGH · MCCULLOCH · MINBURRA · MORCHARD · OLADDIE · ORROROO · PEKINA · UROONDA · WALLOWAY · YALPARA · YANYARRIE
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