PARSONS crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
PARSONS is a suburb in the Tatiara council area of South Australia (about 7,088 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 23 out of 100 (low), 320th 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 homicide (99th percentile), assault (10th percentile), theft (20th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 17.
In 2024-25: violent 296 per 100,000 (-56% vs five years earlier); property 1,312 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 198 per 100,000 (-65% vs five years earlier); theft 734 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 66th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Tatiara council area is 1.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (32 public and 22 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 18 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 25.5 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in Philippines, Malaysia, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 1.7% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 25.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 14.3% 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 PARSONS are those of the Tatiara council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 296 | 21 | -56% |
| Property | 1,312 | 93 | -9% |
| Break-ins | 198 | 14 | -65% |
| Theft | 734 | 52 | +29% |
Tatiara council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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