McLaren Flat crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 9 offences in McLaren Flat in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Onkaparinga council area.
McLaren Flat 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 suburb-level counts: 9 offences were recorded in McLaren Flat in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole 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% |
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Questions
Is McLaren Flat safe?
Police recorded 9 offences in McLaren Flat in 2025-26, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins. McLaren Flat is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,625 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Onkaparinga council area as a whole 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.
What is the crime rate in McLaren Flat?
In 2025-26 police recorded 9 offences in McLaren Flat, including 4 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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