Melrose crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 4 offences in Melrose in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Mount Remarkable council area.
Melrose is a suburb in the Mount Remarkable council area of South Australia (about 2,861 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 342nd 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 robbery (42nd percentile), assault (20th percentile), break-ins (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.
In 2025-26: violent 804 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); property 1,503 per 100,000 (+63% vs five years earlier); break-ins 280 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); theft 315 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Remarkable council area is 4.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (16 public and 9 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.1% 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 4.2% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 37.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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: 4 offences were recorded in Melrose in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Mount Remarkable council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 804 | 23 | +81% |
| Property | 1,503 | 43 | +63% |
| Break-ins | 280 | 8 | -9% |
| Theft | 315 | 9 | -16% |
Mount Remarkable council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Melrose safe?
Police recorded 4 offences in Melrose in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Melrose is not ranked against other suburbs: with 342 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Mount Remarkable council area as a whole recorded 804 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 37% 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 Melrose?
In 2025-26 police recorded 4 offences in Melrose, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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