Port Augusta crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 2,719 offences in Port Augusta in 2025-26, including 834 violent offences and 534 break-ins. That is about 42,240 per 100,000 of its 6,437 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Port Augusta council area.
Port Augusta is a suburb in the Port Augusta council area of South Australia (about 14,469 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 82 out of 100 (very high), 20th 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 (95th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (94th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 75.
In 2025-26: violent 8,508 per 100,000 (+105% vs five years earlier); property 18,529 per 100,000 (+75% vs five years earlier); break-ins 5,377 per 100,000 (+164% vs five years earlier); theft 5,495 per 100,000 (+36% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 3rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Augusta council area is 6.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 12.7% of occupied homes (594 public and 57 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 188 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 130 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.3% 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 5.5% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 11.5% of homes; about 127.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.4% 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 suburb-level counts: 2,719 offences were recorded in Port Augusta in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Port Augusta council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 8,508 | 1,231 | +105% |
| Property | 18,529 | 2,681 | +75% |
| Break-ins | 5,377 | 778 | +164% |
| Theft | 5,495 | 795 | +36% |
Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Port Augusta has the highest recorded crime rate: about 41,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.
Port Augusta council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5700: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Port Augusta safe?
Port Augusta recorded about 41,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 10.2 times the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the highest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 834 violent offences (13,000 per 100,000 residents) and 534 break-ins there. 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.
What is the crime rate in Port Augusta?
In 2025-26 police recorded 2,719 offences in Port Augusta, about 42,200 per 100,000 of its 6,437 residents (2021 Census), including 834 violent offences and 534 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
Blanche Harbor · Commissariat Point · Copley · Davenport · Gillen · Jenkins · Miranda · Mundallio · Port Augusta · Port Augusta West · Port Paterson · Stirling North · Wami Kata · Winninowie
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