Magill crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 266 offences in Magill in 2025-26, including 62 violent offences and 30 break-ins. That is about 2,744 per 100,000 of its 9,693 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Campbelltown council area.
Magill is a suburb in the Campbelltown council area of South Australia (about 58,826 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 274th 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 (68th percentile), robbery (54th percentile), assault (26th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 32.
In 2025-26: violent 639 per 100,000 (+60% vs five years earlier); property 2,269 per 100,000 (-8% vs five years earlier); break-ins 320 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); theft 923 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Campbelltown council area is 5.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.3% of occupied homes (625 public and 282 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 105 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in Italy, China, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 83 of 100); social housing about 3.9% of homes; about 18.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 38.2% 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: 266 offences were recorded in Magill in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Campbelltown council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 639 | 376 | +60% |
| Property | 2,269 | 1,335 | -8% |
| Break-ins | 320 | 188 | -28% |
| Theft | 923 | 543 | -27% |
Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Magill has the 53rd lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,590 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.
Campbelltown council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5072: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Magill safe?
Magill recorded about 2,590 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 48% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 53rd lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 62 violent offences (640 per 100,000 residents) and 30 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 Magill?
In 2025-26 police recorded 266 offences in Magill, about 2,740 per 100,000 of its 9,693 residents (2021 Census), including 62 violent offences and 30 break-ins.
Police news near Magill
- Fatal police shooting at Firle · Firle, 29 Oct 2026 · 2 km away
- Robbery at St Peters · Saint Peters, 12 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Police release CCTV of Magill post office robbery · Magill, 9 Oct 2026
- Assault at Hackney during attempted robbery · Hackney, 9 Oct 2026 · 5 km away
- Man charged over Rostrevor shooting incident · Rostrevor, 25 Sept 2026 · 2 km away
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australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/magill/ · Australian Crime Map