Mount Gambier crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 1,611 offences in Mount Gambier in 2025-26, including 410 violent offences and 203 break-ins. That is about 6,295 per 100,000 of its 25,591 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Mount Gambier council area.
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), 141st 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 (78th percentile), break-ins (69th percentile), homicide (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 47.
In 2025-26: violent 1,465 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 4,049 per 100,000 (+2% vs five years earlier); break-ins 724 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); theft 1,547 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 15th 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: 1,611 offences were recorded in Mount Gambier in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Mount Gambier council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,465 | 411 | +7% |
| Property | 4,049 | 1,136 | +2% |
| Break-ins | 724 | 203 | +0% |
| Theft | 1,547 | 434 | -1% |
Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Mount Gambier has the 11th highest recorded crime rate: about 6,760 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.
Mount Gambier council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5290: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Mount Gambier safe?
Mount Gambier recorded about 6,760 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 68% higher than the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the 11th highest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 410 violent offences (1,600 per 100,000 residents) and 203 break-ins there. 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.
What is the crime rate in Mount Gambier?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1,611 offences in Mount Gambier, about 6,300 per 100,000 of its 25,591 residents (2021 Census), including 410 violent offences and 203 break-ins.
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