North Adelaide crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 631 offences in North Adelaide in 2025-26, including 100 violent offences and 84 break-ins. That is about 9,248 per 100,000 of its 6,823 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Adelaide council area.
North Adelaide is a suburb in the Adelaide council area of South Australia (about 30,173 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 80 out of 100 (very high), 24th 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 (93rd percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), robbery (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 81.
In 2025-26: violent 6,748 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 21,678 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,816 per 100,000 (-3% vs five years earlier); theft 11,918 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Adelaide council area is 9.3% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7% of occupied homes (370 public and 403 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 395 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 150.1 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 48.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in China, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.1% (confidence 80 of 100); social housing about 6.3% of homes; about 147.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 49.6% 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 suburb-level counts: 631 offences were recorded in North Adelaide in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Adelaide council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 6,748 | 2,036 | +15% |
| Property | 21,678 | 6,541 | -1% |
| Break-ins | 1,816 | 548 | -3% |
| Theft | 11,918 | 3,596 | -14% |
Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, North Adelaide has the 29th highest recorded crime rate: about 11,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.
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Crime in postcode 5006: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is North Adelaide safe?
North Adelaide recorded about 11,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 2.2 times the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 29th highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 100 violent offences (1,470 per 100,000 residents) and 84 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 North Adelaide?
In 2025-26 police recorded 631 offences in North Adelaide, about 9,250 per 100,000 of its 6,823 residents (2021 Census), including 100 violent offences and 84 break-ins.
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