Hill crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Hill is a suburb in the Kimba council area of South Australia (about 1,064 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 341st 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 robbery (58th percentile), break-ins (40th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 7.
In 2025-26: violent 376 per 100,000 (+298% vs five years earlier); property 1,880 per 100,000 (+230% vs five years earlier); break-ins 564 per 100,000 (+98% vs five years earlier); theft 752 per 100,000 (+296% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 65th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kimba council area is 1.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (0 public and 7 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 1 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, Nepal. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 1.7% of homes; about 9.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 4.9% 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 Hill are those of the Kimba council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 376 | 4 | +298% |
| Property | 1,880 | 20 | +230% |
| Break-ins | 564 | 6 | +98% |
| Theft | 752 | 8 | +296% |
Kimba council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Hill safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Hill is in the Kimba council area, which recorded 376 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 71% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 71% 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
Barna · Buckleboo · Bungeroo · Caralue · Cootra · Corrobinnie · Cortlinye · Cunyarie · Kelly · Kimba · Moseley · Panitya · Peella · Pinkawillinie · Pinkawillinie · Solomon · Yalanda
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/hill/ · Australian Crime Map