Erskine crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 0 offences in Erskine in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Orroroo Carrieton council area.
Erskine is a suburb in the Orroroo Carrieton council area of South Australia (about 884 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 8 out of 100 (very low), 362nd 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 assault (12th percentile), homicide (18th percentile), sexual offences (10th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 7.
In 2025-26: violent 1,131 per 100,000 (+908% vs five years earlier); property 452 per 100,000 (-63% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 113 per 100,000 (-75% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 21st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Orroroo Carrieton council area is 3.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (3 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Philippines, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 33.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.4% 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 suburb-level counts: 0 offences were recorded in Erskine in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Orroroo Carrieton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,131 | 10 | +908% |
| Property | 452 | 4 | -63% |
| Break-ins | 0 | 0 | -100% |
| Theft | 113 | 1 | -75% |
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Questions
Is Erskine safe?
Police recorded 0 offences in Erskine in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Erskine is not ranked against other suburbs: with 4 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Orroroo Carrieton council area as a whole recorded 1,130 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 12% 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 Erskine?
In 2025-26 police recorded 0 offences in Erskine, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
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