Lonsdale DC crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Lonsdale DC is a suburb in the Onkaparinga council area of South Australia (about 184,827 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 193rd 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 (59th percentile), homicide (62nd percentile), robbery (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2025-26: violent 1,148 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 3,213 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); break-ins 380 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier); theft 1,378 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 20th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Onkaparinga council area is 5.5% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.5% of occupied homes (2,437 public and 639 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 672 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 22.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Scotland, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.8% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 4.1% of homes; about 36.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 22.4% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Lonsdale DC are those of the Onkaparinga council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,148 | 2,121 | +8% |
| Property | 3,213 | 5,938 | -15% |
| Break-ins | 380 | 702 | -33% |
| Theft | 1,378 | 2,546 | -18% |
Onkaparinga council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Lonsdale DC safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Lonsdale DC is in the Onkaparinga council area, which recorded 1,150 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 12% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 10% 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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