Colonel Light Gardens crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 57 offences in Colonel Light Gardens in 2025-26, including 5 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 1,722 per 100,000 of its 3,311 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Mitcham council area.

Colonel Light Gardens is a suburb in the Mitcham council area of South Australia (about 71,267 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 25 out of 100 (low), 308th 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 (37th percentile), theft (52nd percentile), break-ins (28th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 27.

In 2025-26: violent 431 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 2,538 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); break-ins 319 per 100,000 (-25% vs five years earlier); theft 1,240 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 57th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Mitcham council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.6% of occupied homes (193 public and 204 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 116 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 23.7% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, China, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 1.4% of homes; about 16.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.1% 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: 57 offences were recorded in Colonel Light Gardens in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Mitcham council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent431307+21%
Property2,5381,809+6%
Break-ins319227-25%
Theft1,240884-0%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Colonel Light Gardens has the 21st lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,780 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

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Questions

Is Colonel Light Gardens safe?

Colonel Light Gardens recorded about 1,780 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 64% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 21st lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 5 violent offences (151 per 100,000 residents) and 13 break-ins there. 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 Colonel Light Gardens?

In 2025-26 police recorded 57 offences in Colonel Light Gardens, about 1,720 per 100,000 of its 3,311 residents (2021 Census), including 5 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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