Carrickalinga crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 9 offences in Carrickalinga in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 3 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Yankalilla council area.
Carrickalinga is a suburb in the Yankalilla council area of South Australia (about 6,299 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 284th 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 (92nd percentile), break-ins (46th percentile), assault (22nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 29.
In 2025-26: violent 746 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); property 1,826 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); break-ins 413 per 100,000 (-26% vs five years earlier); theft 572 per 100,000 (-44% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yankalilla council area is 5.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1% of occupied homes (11 public and 13 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 11.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 18.7% 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 4.5% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 0.9% of homes; about 11.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19% 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: 9 offences were recorded in Carrickalinga in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Yankalilla council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 746 | 47 | +34% |
| Property | 1,826 | 115 | -25% |
| Break-ins | 413 | 26 | -26% |
| Theft | 572 | 36 | -44% |
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Questions
Is Carrickalinga safe?
Police recorded 9 offences in Carrickalinga in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 3 break-ins. Carrickalinga is not ranked against other suburbs: with 409 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Yankalilla council area as a whole recorded 746 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 43% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 42% 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 Carrickalinga?
In 2025-26 police recorded 9 offences in Carrickalinga, including 0 violent offences and 3 break-ins.
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