Peterborough crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Peterborough is a suburb in the Peterborough council area of South Australia (about 1,701 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 51 out of 100 (moderate), 164th of 362 councils nationally.
Modelled estimate, not police figures: Peterborough (1,490 residents at the 2021 Census) is estimated to account for about 82 of the offences recorded each year in the Peterborough council area (likely 40 to 140), roughly 5,500 per 100,000 residents, including about 25 violent offences (likely 13 to 41). Ranges are 80% intervals; confidence 55 of 100. The estimate shares the council's published total (2025-26, three-year average) between its suburbs using a model trained on South Australia's suburb-level police data and ABS measures of each suburb's population and socio-economic profile.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (78th percentile), homicide (98th percentile), break-ins (76th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 60.
In 2025-26: violent 1,705 per 100,000 (+42% vs five years earlier); property 2,646 per 100,000 (-51% vs five years earlier); break-ins 705 per 100,000 (-59% vs five years earlier); theft 647 per 100,000 (-64% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 12th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Peterborough council area is 12% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.7% of occupied homes (22 public and 5 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.9% 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 9.8% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 3.4% of homes; about 35.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11.1% 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 Peterborough are those of the Peterborough council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,705 | 29 | +42% |
| Property | 2,646 | 45 | -51% |
| Break-ins | 705 | 12 | -59% |
| Theft | 647 | 11 | -64% |
How suburb estimates are made, and how accurate they are.
Peterborough council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Peterborough safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Peterborough is in the Peterborough council area, which recorded 1,700 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 31% higher than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 33% higher than the national rate (1,280). A modelled estimate for Peterborough itself is roughly 5,500 offences of all kinds per 100,000 residents a year (an estimate, not police figures). 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.
Police news near Peterborough
- Man arrested at Peterborough · Peterborough, 23 Oct 2026
Nearby suburbs
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australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/peterborough/ · Australian Crime Map