Bute crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 23 offences in Bute in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Barunga West council area.
Bute is a suburb in the Barunga West council area of South Australia (about 2,688 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 324th 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 break-ins (43rd percentile), assault (24th percentile), vehicle theft (41st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 31.
In 2025-26: violent 409 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); property 1,637 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 372 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 372 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 60th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Barunga West council area is 5.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.8% of occupied homes (9 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 14.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.4% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 0.7% of homes; about 14.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.8% 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 suburb-level counts: 23 offences were recorded in Bute in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Barunga West council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 409 | 11 | -32% |
| Property | 1,637 | 44 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 372 | 10 | -17% |
| Theft | 372 | 10 | -10% |
Barunga West council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5560: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Bute safe?
Police recorded 23 offences in Bute in 2025-26, including 6 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Bute is not ranked against other suburbs: with 389 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Barunga West council area as a whole recorded 409 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 68% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 68% 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.
What is the crime rate in Bute?
In 2025-26 police recorded 23 offences in Bute, including 6 violent offences and 2 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
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