Norwood crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 458 offences in Norwood in 2025-26, including 61 violent offences and 45 break-ins. That is about 7,208 per 100,000 of its 6,354 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area.

Norwood is a suburb in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area of South Australia (about 40,845 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 221st 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 (59th percentile), theft (86th percentile), assault (31st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.

In 2025-26: violent 673 per 100,000 (+25% vs five years earlier); property 4,568 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); break-ins 607 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); theft 2,252 per 100,000 (-7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 41st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area is 5% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.8% of occupied homes (543 public and 216 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 71 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 18.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 32.4% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in China, England, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.3% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 4.3% of homes; about 18.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 32.9% 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: 458 offences were recorded in Norwood in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent673275+25%
Property4,5681,866+5%
Break-ins607248-13%
Theft2,252920-7%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Norwood has the 46th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,650 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Norwood Payneham and St Peters council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 5067: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Norwood safe?

Norwood recorded about 8,650 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 75% higher than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 46th highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 61 violent offences (960 per 100,000 residents) and 45 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 Norwood?

In 2025-26 police recorded 458 offences in Norwood, about 7,210 per 100,000 of its 6,354 residents (2021 Census), including 61 violent offences and 45 break-ins.

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