NULLARBOR crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
NULLARBOR is a suburb in the Unincorporated SA council area of South Australia (about 3,001 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 14th 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 (98th percentile), homicide (100th percentile), break-ins (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 80.
In 2024-25: violent 14,095 per 100,000 (+113% vs five years earlier); property 18,660 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); break-ins 5,498 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); theft 5,032 per 100,000 (+10% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 1st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Unincorporated SA council area is 5% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 18.5% of occupied homes (144 public and 42 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 55 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 181 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.5% 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 4.4% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 16.8% of homes; about 178 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.6% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for NULLARBOR are those of the Unincorporated SA council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 14,095 | 423 | +113% |
| Property | 18,660 | 560 | +45% |
| Break-ins | 5,498 | 165 | +81% |
| Theft | 5,032 | 151 | +10% |
Unincorporated SA council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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