Everard crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Everard is a suburb in the Wakefield council area of South Australia (about 6,993 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 43 out of 100 (moderate), 227th 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 (90th percentile), assault (46th percentile), theft (61st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 32.
In 2025-26: violent 787 per 100,000 (+27% vs five years earlier); property 3,446 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier); break-ins 472 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 1,616 per 100,000 (+90% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 36th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wakefield council area is 4.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (19 public and 30 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.8 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 11.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 73 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 15.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.3% 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 Everard are those of the Wakefield council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 787 | 55 | +27% |
| Property | 3,446 | 241 | +48% |
| Break-ins | 472 | 33 | -32% |
| Theft | 1,616 | 113 | +90% |
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Questions
Is Everard safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Everard is in the Wakefield council area, which recorded 787 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 39% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 39% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Balaklava · Barunga · Barunga Gap · Beaufort · Blyth · Boucaut · Bowillia · Bowmans · Brinkworth · Bumbunga · Burnsfield · Cameron · Condowie · Everard Central · Goyder · Hall · Hart · Hope Gap · Hoyleton · Kybunga · Lake View · Lochiel · Mount Templeton · Nantawarra · Rochester · Saints · Snowtown · Stow · Watchman · Whitwarta
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