Cadell crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 20 offences in Cadell in 2025-26, including 5 violent offences and 2 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Mid Murray council area.
Cadell is a suburb in the Mid Murray council area of South Australia (about 9,674 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 252nd 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 assault (51st percentile), homicide (73rd percentile), break-ins (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.
In 2025-26: violent 1,034 per 100,000 (+24% vs five years earlier); property 2,419 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 589 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 848 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 23rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mid Murray council area is 5.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (52 public and 27 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 22 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.3% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 22.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.3% 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: 20 offences were recorded in Cadell in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Mid Murray council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,034 | 100 | +24% |
| Property | 2,419 | 234 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 589 | 57 | -14% |
| Theft | 848 | 82 | -30% |
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Questions
Is Cadell safe?
Police recorded 20 offences in Cadell in 2025-26, including 5 violent offences and 2 break-ins. Cadell is not ranked against other suburbs: with 547 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Mid Murray council area as a whole recorded 1,030 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 20% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 19% 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 Cadell?
In 2025-26 police recorded 20 offences in Cadell, including 5 violent offences and 2 break-ins.
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