Hallett Cove crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 244 offences in Hallett Cove in 2025-26, including 72 violent offences and 14 break-ins. That is about 1,950 per 100,000 of its 12,512 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Marion council area.
Hallett Cove is a suburb in the Marion council area of South Australia (about 101,229 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 192nd 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 (55th percentile), break-ins (58th percentile), theft (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2025-26: violent 1,027 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 4,360 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 529 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 2,166 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 24th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Marion council area is 5.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.5% of occupied homes (2,292 public and 954 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 333 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 30% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 7.7% of homes; about 33.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 30.4% 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: 244 offences were recorded in Hallett Cove in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Marion council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,027 | 1,040 | +8% |
| Property | 4,360 | 4,414 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 529 | 536 | -17% |
| Theft | 2,166 | 2,193 | -5% |
Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Hallett Cove has the 29th lowest recorded crime rate: about 1,990 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.
Marion council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5158: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Hallett Cove safe?
Hallett Cove recorded about 1,990 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 60% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 29th lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 72 violent offences (575 per 100,000 residents) and 14 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 Hallett Cove?
In 2025-26 police recorded 244 offences in Hallett Cove, about 1,950 per 100,000 of its 12,512 residents (2021 Census), including 72 violent offences and 14 break-ins.
Police news near Hallett Cove
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