Quirke crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Quirke is a suburb in the Southern Mallee council area of South Australia (about 2,013 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 22 out of 100 (low), 325th 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 break-ins (32nd percentile), assault (19th percentile), robbery (28th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.
In 2025-26: violent 596 per 100,000 (+101% vs five years earlier); property 1,788 per 100,000 (-18% vs five years earlier); break-ins 397 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier); theft 845 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 45th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Southern Mallee council area is 2.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.4% of occupied homes (14 public and 5 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 0 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 0 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 14.7% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in South Africa, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.5% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 2.2% of homes; about 0 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15% 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 Quirke are those of the Southern Mallee council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 596 | 12 | +101% |
| Property | 1,788 | 36 | -18% |
| Break-ins | 397 | 8 | -33% |
| Theft | 845 | 17 | +32% |
Southern Mallee council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Quirke safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Quirke is in the Southern Mallee council area, which recorded 596 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 54% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 53% 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
Allenby · Bews · Carcuma · Cotton · Day · Fisk · Geranium · Karte · Lameroo · Ngarkat · Parilla · Parrakie · Pinnaroo
australiancrimerate.com.au/suburb/sa/quirke/ · Australian Crime Map