NORTH SHIELDS crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
NORTH SHIELDS is a suburb in the Lower Eyre council area of South Australia (about 6,268 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 15 out of 100 (very low), 352nd 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 (24th percentile), assault (15th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 7.
In 2024-25: violent 654 per 100,000 (+129% vs five years earlier); property 1,372 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 367 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier); theft 415 per 100,000 (-23% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Lower Eyre council area is 2.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.2% of occupied homes (15 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 18 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7% 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 2.4% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 1.1% of homes; about 29.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.1% 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 NORTH SHIELDS are those of the Lower Eyre council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 654 | 41 | +129% |
| Property | 1,372 | 86 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 367 | 23 | +36% |
| Theft | 415 | 26 | -23% |
Lower Eyre council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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