Modbury North DC crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Modbury North DC is a suburb in the Tea Tree Gully council area of South Australia (about 105,120 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 263rd 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 (63rd percentile), assault (34th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2025-26: violent 712 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 2,882 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 343 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,308 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tea Tree Gully council area is 4.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,128 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 143 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 25.5% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 13.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.9% 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 Modbury North DC are those of the Tea Tree Gully council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 712 | 748 | +11% |
| Property | 2,882 | 3,030 | +11% |
| Break-ins | 343 | 361 | +12% |
| Theft | 1,308 | 1,375 | -5% |
Tea Tree Gully council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5092: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Modbury North DC safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Modbury North DC is in the Tea Tree Gully council area, which recorded 712 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 45% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 44% 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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