POLISH HILL RIVER crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
POLISH HILL RIVER is a suburb in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area of South Australia (about 9,467 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 19 out of 100 (very low), 339th 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 (73rd percentile), assault (11th percentile), robbery (17th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 13.
In 2024-25: violent 496 per 100,000 (+122% vs five years earlier); property 1,183 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 190 per 100,000 (-44% vs five years earlier); theft 380 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 51st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.8% of occupied homes (99 public and 42 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.8% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.8% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 9.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11% 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 POLISH HILL RIVER are those of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 496 | 47 | +122% |
| Property | 1,183 | 112 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 190 | 18 | -44% |
| Theft | 380 | 36 | -39% |
Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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