Gordon crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Gordon is a suburb in the Loxton Waikerie council area of South Australia (about 11,971 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 272nd 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 (67th percentile), assault (38th percentile), break-ins (51st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
In 2025-26: violent 827 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); property 2,306 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 560 per 100,000 (+31% vs five years earlier); theft 718 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 32nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Loxton Waikerie council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (132 public and 53 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 16.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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 Gordon are those of the Loxton Waikerie council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 827 | 99 | +20% |
| Property | 2,306 | 276 | +11% |
| Break-ins | 560 | 67 | +31% |
| Theft | 718 | 86 | -13% |
Loxton Waikerie council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Gordon safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Gordon is in the Loxton Waikerie council area, which recorded 827 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 36% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 35% 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.
Police news near Gordon
- Driver arrested over Riverland crash · Lowbank, 23 Oct 2026 · 67 km away
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