Rosewater crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 367 offences in Rosewater in 2025-26, including 57 violent offences and 30 break-ins. That is about 10,246 per 100,000 of its 3,582 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Port Adelaide Enfield council area.

Rosewater 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 suburb-level counts: 367 offences were recorded in Rosewater in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Port Adelaide Enfield council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,5872,270+21%
Property6,6489,508+11%
Break-ins8611,231-1%
Theft2,8514,077-13%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Rosewater has the 43rd highest recorded crime rate: about 8,870 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Port Adelaide Enfield council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Rosewater safe?

Rosewater recorded about 8,870 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 80% higher than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 43rd highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 57 violent offences (1,590 per 100,000 residents) and 30 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 Rosewater?

In 2025-26 police recorded 367 offences in Rosewater, about 10,200 per 100,000 of its 3,582 residents (2021 Census), including 57 violent offences and 30 break-ins.

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