Seacliff crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 63 offences in Seacliff in 2025-26, including 9 violent offences and 6 break-ins. That is about 2,976 per 100,000 of its 2,117 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Holdfast Bay council area.
Seacliff is a suburb in the Holdfast Bay council area of South Australia (about 39,683 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 240th 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 (48th percentile), theft (79th percentile), robbery (60th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.
In 2025-26: violent 862 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier); property 3,790 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 524 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier); theft 1,928 per 100,000 (-15% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 31st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Holdfast Bay council area is 3.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.8% of occupied homes (211 public and 233 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 57 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 14.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.4% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Scotland. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 2.5% of homes; about 14.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.8% 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 suburb-level counts: 63 offences were recorded in Seacliff in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Holdfast Bay council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 862 | 342 | +7% |
| Property | 3,790 | 1,504 | -11% |
| Break-ins | 524 | 208 | -15% |
| Theft | 1,928 | 765 | -15% |
Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Seacliff has the 72nd lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,230 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.
Holdfast Bay council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5049: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Seacliff safe?
Seacliff recorded about 3,230 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 35% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 72nd lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 9 violent offences (425 per 100,000 residents) and 6 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 Seacliff?
In 2025-26 police recorded 63 offences in Seacliff, about 2,980 per 100,000 of its 2,117 residents (2021 Census), including 9 violent offences and 6 break-ins.
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