Malcolm crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Malcolm is a suburb in the Coorong council area of South Australia (about 5,627 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 261st 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 (57th percentile), break-ins (55th percentile), vehicle theft (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
In 2025-26: violent 1,333 per 100,000 (+74% vs five years earlier); property 3,217 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 729 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,244 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 16th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Coorong council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (52 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.1 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 15.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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 Malcolm are those of the Coorong council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,333 | 75 | +74% |
| Property | 3,217 | 181 | -9% |
| Break-ins | 729 | 41 | -11% |
| Theft | 1,244 | 70 | -11% |
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Questions
Is Malcolm safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Malcolm is in the Coorong council area, which recorded 1,330 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the South Australia rate (1,300) and close to 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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