Rosewater East crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Rosewater East is a suburb in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area of South Australia (about 143,022 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 68 out of 100 (high), 78th 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 (75th percentile), break-ins (80th percentile), robbery (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
In 2025-26: violent 1,587 per 100,000 (+21% vs five years earlier); property 6,648 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 861 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); theft 2,851 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 13th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area is 6.3% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 10.6% of occupied homes (3,874 public and 1,558 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 1,002 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 73.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.4% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in India, Vietnam, England. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 5.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 9.7% of homes; about 72.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 38% 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 Rosewater East are those of the Port Adelaide Enfield council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,587 | 2,270 | +21% |
| Property | 6,648 | 9,508 | +11% |
| Break-ins | 861 | 1,231 | -1% |
| Theft | 2,851 | 4,077 | -13% |
Port Adelaide Enfield council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5013: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Rosewater East safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Rosewater East is in the Port Adelaide Enfield council area, which recorded 1,590 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 22% higher than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 24% higher 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.
Police news near Rosewater East
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- Robbery at St Peters · Saint Peters, 12 Oct 2026 · 10 km away
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- Two arrested for robbery at Port Adelaide · Port Adelaide, 19 Sept 2026 · 3 km away
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