Minburra crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Minburra is a suburb in the Orroroo Carrieton council area of South Australia (about 884 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 8 out of 100 (very low), 362nd 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 (12th percentile), homicide (18th percentile), sexual offences (10th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 7.
In 2025-26: violent 1,131 per 100,000 (+908% vs five years earlier); property 452 per 100,000 (-63% vs five years earlier); break-ins 0 per 100,000 (-100% vs five years earlier); theft 113 per 100,000 (-75% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 21st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Orroroo Carrieton council area is 3.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.9% of occupied homes (3 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 33.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Philippines, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 0.8% of homes; about 33.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.4% 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 Minburra are those of the Orroroo Carrieton council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,131 | 10 | +908% |
| Property | 452 | 4 | -63% |
| Break-ins | 0 | 0 | -100% |
| Theft | 113 | 1 | -75% |
Orroroo Carrieton council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Minburra safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Minburra is in the Orroroo Carrieton council area, which recorded 1,130 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 13% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 12% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Belton · Bendleby · Black Rock · Black Rock Plain · Carrieton · Coomooroo · Erskine · Eurelia · Eurilpa · Johnburgh · McCulloch · Morchard · Oladdie · Orroroo · Pekina · Uroonda · Walloway · Yalpara · Yanyarrie
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