Oak Valley crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Oak Valley is a suburb in the Maralinga Tjarutja council area of South Australia (about 102 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 40 out of 100 (low), 245th 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 (90th percentile), break-ins (88th percentile), property damage (85th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 41.
In 2025-26: violent 980 per 100,000 (-50% vs five years earlier); property 6,863 per 100,000 (+133% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,961 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); theft 980 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 26th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Maralinga Tjarutja council area is 0% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 57.1% of occupied homes (0 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 10 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 980.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 5.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%). Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 0% (confidence 65 of 100); social housing about 52% of homes; about 963.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 5.3% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Oak Valley are those of the Maralinga Tjarutja council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 980 | 1 | -50% |
| Property | 6,863 | 7 | +133% |
| Break-ins | 1,961 | 2 | 0% |
| Theft | 980 | 1 | 0% |
Maralinga Tjarutja council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Oak Valley safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Oak Valley is in the Maralinga Tjarutja council area, which recorded 980 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 24% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 23% lower than the national rate (1,280). 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.
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/oak-valley/ · Australian Crime Map