Crafers crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 50 offences in Crafers in 2025-26, including 9 violent offences and 0 break-ins. That is about 2,493 per 100,000 of its 2,006 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Adelaide Hills council area.

Crafers 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: 50 offences were recorded in Crafers in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Adelaide Hills council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent294126-3%
Property1,224525-3%
Break-ins21090-31%
Theft422181-11%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Crafers has the 26th lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,910 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 Crafers safe?

Crafers recorded about 1,910 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 61% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 26th lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 9 violent offences (449 per 100,000 residents) and 0 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 Crafers?

In 2025-26 police recorded 50 offences in Crafers, about 2,490 per 100,000 of its 2,006 residents (2021 Census), including 9 violent offences and 0 break-ins.

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