Castambul crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 1 offences in Castambul in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Adelaide Hills council area.
Castambul is a suburb in the Adelaide Hills council area of South Australia (about 42,875 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 15 out of 100 (very low), 355th 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 (62nd percentile), robbery (13th percentile), sexual offences (10th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 13.
In 2025-26: violent 294 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 1,224 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 210 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); theft 422 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Adelaide Hills council area is 3.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.6% of occupied homes (20 public and 70 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 25 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 17.4% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 0.6% of homes; about 5.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 17.7% 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: 1 offences were recorded in Castambul in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Adelaide Hills council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 294 | 126 | -3% |
| Property | 1,224 | 525 | -3% |
| Break-ins | 210 | 90 | -31% |
| Theft | 422 | 181 | -11% |
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Questions
Is Castambul safe?
Police recorded 1 offences in Castambul in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Castambul is not ranked against other suburbs: with 18 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Adelaide Hills council area as a whole recorded 294 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 77% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 77% 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 Castambul?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1 offences in Castambul, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Police news near Castambul
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- Police release CCTV of Magill post office robbery · Magill, 9 Oct 2026 · 9 km away
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