Glenside crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 234 offences in Glenside in 2025-26, including 34 violent offences and 33 break-ins. That is about 8,205 per 100,000 of its 2,852 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Burnside council area.

Glenside is a suburb in the Burnside council area of South Australia (about 48,257 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 314th 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 break-ins (40th percentile), homicide (39th percentile), theft (42nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 28.

In 2025-26: violent 373 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 2,323 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 472 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier); theft 881 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 66th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Burnside council area is 4.3% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (118 public and 91 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 35 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 7.5 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 33.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 7.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 34.3% 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 suburb-level counts: 234 offences were recorded in Glenside in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Burnside council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent373180+52%
Property2,3231,121-9%
Break-ins472228-14%
Theft881425-39%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Glenside has the 47th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,640 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Burnside council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 5065: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Glenside safe?

Glenside recorded about 8,640 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 75% higher than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 47th highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 34 violent offences (1,190 per 100,000 residents) and 33 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 Glenside?

In 2025-26 police recorded 234 offences in Glenside, about 8,200 per 100,000 of its 2,852 residents (2021 Census), including 34 violent offences and 33 break-ins.

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