Sandy Grove crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Sandy Grove is a suburb in the Kingston council area of South Australia (about 2,420 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 350th 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 (33rd percentile), vehicle theft (39th percentile), assault (15th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 24.
In 2025-26: violent 579 per 100,000 (+37% vs five years earlier); property 1,529 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); break-ins 248 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier); theft 496 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 46th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kingston council area is 2.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2% of occupied homes (9 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 29.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 7.9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.7% (confidence 68 of 100); social housing about 1.9% of homes; about 28.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8% 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 Sandy Grove are those of the Kingston council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 579 | 14 | +37% |
| Property | 1,529 | 37 | +7% |
| Break-ins | 248 | 6 | -35% |
| Theft | 496 | 12 | -9% |
Kingston council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Sandy Grove safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Sandy Grove is in the Kingston council area, which recorded 579 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 55% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 55% 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
Blackford · Bowaka · Cape Jaffa · Duffield · Keilira · Kingston Se · Lacepede · Landseer · Marcollat · Minecrow · Mount Benson · Murrabinna · Neville · Peacock · Pinks Beach · Reedy Creek · Rosetown · Taratap · Tilley Swamp · Wangolina · Wells · West Range · Wyomi
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