MELVILLE crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
MELVILLE is a suburb in the Yorke Peninsula council area of South Australia (about 12,242 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 17 out of 100 (very low), 344th 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 (25th percentile), break-ins (31st percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 25.
In 2024-25: violent 580 per 100,000 (+99% vs five years earlier); property 1,764 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 441 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); theft 547 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 46th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Yorke Peninsula council area is 4.7% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.1% of occupied homes (104 public and 51 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 17 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 14.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 2.8% of homes; about 14 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10% 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: 0 offences were recorded in MELVILLE in 2024-25. Rates and the Crime Score use council population, which is not published for suburbs.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 580 | 71 | +99% |
| Property | 1,764 | 216 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 441 | 54 | -18% |
| Theft | 547 | 67 | +3% |
Yorke Peninsula council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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