Lewiston crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 68 offences in Lewiston in 2025-26, including 14 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 2,076 per 100,000 of its 3,275 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Adelaide Plains council area.

Lewiston is a suburb in the Adelaide Plains council area of South Australia (about 11,736 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 238th 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 (83rd percentile), assault (38th percentile), break-ins (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.

In 2025-26: violent 801 per 100,000 (+40% vs five years earlier); property 2,701 per 100,000 (+9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 673 per 100,000 (+46% vs five years earlier); theft 673 per 100,000 (-34% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 35th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Adelaide Plains council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.4% of occupied homes (9 public and 5 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 16 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.7% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 0.4% of homes; about 15 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.3% 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: 68 offences were recorded in Lewiston in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Adelaide Plains council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent80194+40%
Property2,701317+9%
Break-ins67379+46%
Theft67379-34%

Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Lewiston has the 8th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,490 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.

Adelaide Plains council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 5501: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Lewiston safe?

Lewiston recorded about 2,490 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 38% lower than the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the 8th lowest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 14 violent offences (427 per 100,000 residents) and 13 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 Lewiston?

In 2025-26 police recorded 68 offences in Lewiston, about 2,080 per 100,000 of its 3,275 residents (2021 Census), including 14 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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