Mount Gambier crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

Mount Gambier is a suburb in the Mount Gambier council area of South Australia (about 28,057 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 56 out of 100 (moderate), 143rd 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 (80th percentile), break-ins (67th percentile), homicide (64th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.

In 2024-25: violent 1,771 per 100,000 (+56% vs five years earlier); property 4,548 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 770 per 100,000 (+23% vs five years earlier); theft 2,049 per 100,000 (+16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Mount Gambier council area is 4.7% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8% of occupied homes (779 public and 97 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 132 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 47.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 12.1% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Myanmar. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 7.3% of homes; about 46.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 12.3% 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 suburb-level counts: 1,838 offences were recorded in Mount Gambier in 2024-25. Rates and the Crime Score use council population, which is not published for suburbs.

Mount Gambier council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/mount-gambier/ · Australian Crime Map