Coonarie crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Coonarie is a suburb in the Yorke Peninsula council area of South Australia (about 12,242 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 313th 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 (66th percentile), assault (20th percentile), break-ins (29th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 26.
In 2025-26: violent 457 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier); property 1,315 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 253 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier); theft 400 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 55th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yorke Peninsula council area is 4.7% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (104 public and 51 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 17 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 14.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.8% of homes; about 14 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10% 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 Coonarie are those of the Yorke Peninsula council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 457 | 56 | -7% |
| Property | 1,315 | 161 | -15% |
| Break-ins | 253 | 31 | -30% |
| Theft | 400 | 49 | -15% |
Yorke Peninsula council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Coonarie safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Coonarie is in the Yorke Peninsula council area, which recorded 457 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 65% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 64% 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.
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