Melrose Park DC crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Melrose Park DC is a suburb in the Marion council area of South Australia (about 101,229 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 192nd 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 (55th percentile), break-ins (58th percentile), theft (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
In 2025-26: violent 1,027 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier); property 4,360 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 529 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); theft 2,166 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 24th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Marion council area is 5.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.5% of occupied homes (2,292 public and 954 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 333 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 34.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 30% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 7.7% of homes; about 33.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 30.4% 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 Melrose Park DC are those of the Marion council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,027 | 1,040 | +8% |
| Property | 4,360 | 4,414 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 529 | 536 | -17% |
| Theft | 2,166 | 2,193 | -5% |
Marion council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5039: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Melrose Park DC safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Melrose Park DC is in the Marion council area, which recorded 1,030 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 21% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 20% 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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