COMPTON crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
COMPTON is a suburb in the Grant council area of South Australia (about 9,223 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 294th 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 (74th percentile), assault (29th percentile), break-ins (37th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 30.
In 2024-25: violent 813 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); property 1,561 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 282 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier); theft 716 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 32nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Grant council area is 2.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.1% of occupied homes (0 public and 4 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.5% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 0.1% of homes; about 22 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.4% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for COMPTON are those of the Grant council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 813 | 75 | +37% |
| Property | 1,561 | 144 | -16% |
| Break-ins | 282 | 26 | -23% |
| Theft | 716 | 66 | -13% |
Grant council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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