Grey crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Grey is a suburb in the Wattle Range council area of South Australia (about 12,378 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 30 out of 100 (low), 290th 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 (92nd percentile), break-ins (42nd percentile), assault (22nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 38.
In 2025-26: violent 428 per 100,000 (-20% vs five years earlier); property 1,656 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 396 per 100,000 (+17% vs five years earlier); theft 509 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 58th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wattle Range council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (115 public and 51 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 15.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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 Grey are those of the Wattle Range council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 428 | 53 | -20% |
| Property | 1,656 | 205 | +1% |
| Break-ins | 396 | 49 | +17% |
| Theft | 509 | 63 | -14% |
Wattle Range council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Grey safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Grey is in the Wattle Range council area, which recorded 428 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 67% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 67% 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
Benara · Comaum · Coonawarra · Furner · German Flat · Glencoe · Glenroy · Kalangadoo · Kennion · Killanoola · Koorine · Krongart · Maaoupe · Mayurra · Millicent · Moerlong · Monbulla · Mount Burr · Mount McIntyre · Mount Muirhead · Nangwarry · Penola · Riddoch · Rocky Camp · Sebastopol · Short · Tantanoola · Trihi · Wattle Range · Wattle Range East
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