Renmark crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 344 offences in Renmark in 2025-26, including 86 violent offences and 29 break-ins. That is about 7,311 per 100,000 of its 4,705 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Renmark Paringa council area.
Renmark is a suburb in the Renmark Paringa council area of South Australia (about 10,274 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 44 out of 100 (moderate), 220th 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 (60th percentile), homicide (71st percentile), break-ins (43rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 1,080 per 100,000 (-4% vs five years earlier); property 3,193 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); break-ins 457 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier); theft 1,304 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 22nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Renmark Paringa council area is 4.7% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.9% of occupied homes (149 public and 40 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 62 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 61.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in India, England, Greece. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.1% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 4.5% of homes; about 60.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.5% 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: 344 offences were recorded in Renmark in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Renmark Paringa council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,080 | 111 | -4% |
| Property | 3,193 | 328 | +26% |
| Break-ins | 457 | 47 | +6% |
| Theft | 1,304 | 134 | +12% |
Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Renmark has the 10th highest recorded crime rate: about 7,290 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.
Renmark Paringa council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5341: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Renmark safe?
Renmark recorded about 7,290 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 81% higher than the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the 10th highest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 86 violent offences (1,830 per 100,000 residents) and 29 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 Renmark?
In 2025-26 police recorded 344 offences in Renmark, about 7,310 per 100,000 of its 4,705 residents (2021 Census), including 86 violent offences and 29 break-ins.
Nearby suburbs
Chaffey · Cooltong · Crescent · Gurra Gurra · Lyrup · Mundic Creek · Murtho · Old Calperum · Paringa · Pike River · Renmark North · Renmark South · Renmark West · Wonuarra · Yamba
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