Port Gibbon crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Port Gibbon is a suburb in the Franklin Harbour council area of South Australia (about 1,367 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 21 out of 100 (low), 331st 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 robbery (44th percentile), assault (21st percentile), break-ins (30th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.
In 2025-26: violent 805 per 100,000 (+77% vs five years earlier); property 2,121 per 100,000 (+34% vs five years earlier); break-ins 658 per 100,000 (+45% vs five years earlier); theft 658 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 33rd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Franklin Harbour council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (4 public and 16 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 2 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 15 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.7% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, South Africa. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.6% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 14.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.8% 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 Port Gibbon are those of the Franklin Harbour council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 805 | 11 | +77% |
| Property | 2,121 | 29 | +34% |
| Break-ins | 658 | 9 | +45% |
| Theft | 658 | 9 | -13% |
Franklin Harbour council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5602: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Port Gibbon safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Port Gibbon is in the Franklin Harbour council area, which recorded 805 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 37% 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.
Nearby suburbs
Cowell · Glynn · James · Lucky Bay · McGregor · Midgee · Miltalie · Minbrie · Mitchellville · Playford · Warren · Wilton
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