Boatswain Point crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Boatswain Point is a suburb in the Robe council area of South Australia (about 1,621 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 10 out of 100 (very low), 360th 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), vehicle theft (24th percentile), assault (8th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2025-26: violent 432 per 100,000 (+69% vs five years earlier); property 1,295 per 100,000 (-53% vs five years earlier); break-ins 185 per 100,000 (-81% vs five years earlier); theft 494 per 100,000 (-48% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 56th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Robe council area is 2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.1% of occupied homes (4 public and 3 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.1 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1% of homes; about 24.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.2% 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 Boatswain Point are those of the Robe council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 432 | 7 | +69% |
| Property | 1,295 | 21 | -53% |
| Break-ins | 185 | 3 | -81% |
| Theft | 494 | 8 | -48% |
Robe council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Boatswain Point safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Boatswain Point is in the Robe council area, which recorded 432 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 67% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 66% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Bray · Greenways · Nora Creina · Robe · Ross · Smith · Waterhouse
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