Salisbury Heights crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 119 offences in Salisbury Heights in 2025-26, including 27 violent offences and 15 break-ins. That is about 2,652 per 100,000 of its 4,488 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Salisbury council area.

Salisbury Heights is a suburb in the Salisbury council area of South Australia (about 151,019 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 120th 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 (72nd percentile), robbery (80th percentile), theft (90th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.

In 2025-26: violent 1,521 per 100,000 (+15% vs five years earlier); property 5,647 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier); break-ins 691 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); theft 2,459 per 100,000 (-19% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 14th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Salisbury council area is 7.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.4% of occupied homes (2,738 public and 604 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 810 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 54.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 35.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Vietnam. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 53.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 36.2% 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: 119 offences were recorded in Salisbury Heights in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Salisbury council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,5212,297+15%
Property5,6478,528+3%
Break-ins6911,043+7%
Theft2,4593,714-19%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Salisbury Heights has the 59th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,850 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Salisbury council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Salisbury Heights safe?

Salisbury Heights recorded about 2,850 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 42% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 59th lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 27 violent offences (602 per 100,000 residents) and 15 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 Salisbury Heights?

In 2025-26 police recorded 119 offences in Salisbury Heights, about 2,650 per 100,000 of its 4,488 residents (2021 Census), including 27 violent offences and 15 break-ins.

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