Koppamurra crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Koppamurra is a suburb in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area of South Australia (about 8,930 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 23 out of 100 (low), 321st 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 (39th percentile), break-ins (39th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2025-26: violent 773 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 1,579 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 291 per 100,000 (-47% vs five years earlier); theft 493 per 100,000 (-40% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 37th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area is 2.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.3% of occupied homes (62 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 38 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 42.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in New Zealand, England, Afghanistan. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.2% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3% of homes; about 41.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.5% 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 Koppamurra are those of the Naracoorte Lucindale council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 773 | 69 | +15% |
| Property | 1,579 | 141 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 291 | 26 | -47% |
| Theft | 493 | 44 | -40% |
Naracoorte Lucindale council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Koppamurra safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Koppamurra is in the Naracoorte Lucindale council area, which recorded 773 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 40% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 40% 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.
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