MILLICENT crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
MILLICENT is a suburb in the Wattle Range council area of South Australia (about 12,378 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 276th 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 homicide (92nd percentile), break-ins (48th percentile), assault (30th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 34.
In 2024-25: violent 598 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); property 1,737 per 100,000 (-29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 428 per 100,000 (-41% vs five years earlier); theft 549 per 100,000 (-30% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 43rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wattle Range council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.5% of occupied homes (115 public and 51 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 19 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 15.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.1% 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 MILLICENT are those of the Wattle Range council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 598 | 74 | -3% |
| Property | 1,737 | 215 | -29% |
| Break-ins | 428 | 53 | -41% |
| Theft | 549 | 68 | -30% |
Wattle Range council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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