Moockra crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Moockra is a suburb in the Flinders Ranges council area of South Australia (about 1,662 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 286th 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 (58th percentile), break-ins (70th percentile), property damage (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.
In 2025-26: violent 1,264 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 2,768 per 100,000 (+112% vs five years earlier); break-ins 903 per 100,000 (+117% vs five years earlier); theft 722 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Flinders Ranges council area is 4.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.5% of occupied homes (27 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.5% 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 3.7% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 5% of homes; about 35 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.6% 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 Moockra are those of the Flinders Ranges council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,264 | 21 | +52% |
| Property | 2,768 | 46 | +112% |
| Break-ins | 903 | 15 | +117% |
| Theft | 722 | 12 | +52% |
Flinders Ranges council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Moockra safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Moockra is in the Flinders Ranges council area, which recorded 1,260 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the South Australia rate (1,300) and close to 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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