Port Lincoln crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 1,983 offences in Port Lincoln in 2025-26, including 425 violent offences and 322 break-ins. That is about 13,716 per 100,000 of its 14,458 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Port Lincoln council area.
Port Lincoln is a suburb in the Port Lincoln council area of South Australia (about 15,065 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 67 out of 100 (high), 84th 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 (88th percentile), break-ins (92nd percentile), robbery (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 68.
In 2025-26: violent 2,821 per 100,000 (+57% vs five years earlier); property 10,096 per 100,000 (+63% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,137 per 100,000 (+71% vs five years earlier); theft 3,365 per 100,000 (+56% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 7th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Lincoln council area is 4.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 9% of occupied homes (471 public and 46 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 80 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 53.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.5% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Philippines, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 8.2% of homes; about 52.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.6% 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: 1,983 offences were recorded in Port Lincoln in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Port Lincoln council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 2,821 | 425 | +57% |
| Property | 10,096 | 1,521 | +63% |
| Break-ins | 2,137 | 322 | +71% |
| Theft | 3,365 | 507 | +56% |
Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Port Lincoln has the 5th highest recorded crime rate: about 13,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.
Port Lincoln council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5606: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Port Lincoln safe?
Port Lincoln recorded about 13,000 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 3.2 times the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the 5th highest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 425 violent offences (2,940 per 100,000 residents) and 322 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 Lincoln?
In 2025-26 police recorded 1,983 offences in Port Lincoln, about 13,700 per 100,000 of its 14,458 residents (2021 Census), including 425 violent offences and 322 break-ins.
Police news near Port Lincoln
- Arrest after Port Lincoln break-in and robbery · Port Lincoln, 26 Sept 2026
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