Moorkitabie crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Moorkitabie is a suburb in the Wudinna council area of South Australia (about 1,171 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 17 out of 100 (very low), 346th 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 break-ins (44th percentile), theft (35th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.
In 2025-26: violent 256 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); property 2,647 per 100,000 (+137% vs five years earlier); break-ins 598 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); theft 1,110 per 100,000 (+546% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 68th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Wudinna council area is 2.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (16 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 60.2 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 4.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Netherlands, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 59.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5% 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 Moorkitabie are those of the Wudinna council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 256 | 3 | -1% |
| Property | 2,647 | 31 | +137% |
| Break-ins | 598 | 7 | +39% |
| Theft | 1,110 | 13 | +546% |
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Questions
Is Moorkitabie safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Moorkitabie is in the Wudinna council area, which recorded 256 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 80% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 80% 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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