Buchfelde crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Buchfelde is a suburb in the Light council area of South Australia (about 17,317 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 332nd 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 (56th percentile), vehicle theft (38th percentile), robbery (27th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 24.
In 2025-26: violent 393 per 100,000 (+47% vs five years earlier); property 1,721 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 341 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 577 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 63rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Light council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.8% of occupied homes (39 public and 6 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 37 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Scotland, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 78 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 22.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12% 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 Buchfelde are those of the Light council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 393 | 68 | +47% |
| Property | 1,721 | 298 | -5% |
| Break-ins | 341 | 59 | -12% |
| Theft | 577 | 100 | -24% |
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Questions
Is Buchfelde safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Buchfelde is in the Light council area, which recorded 393 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 70% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 69% 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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