Smithfield crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 911 offences in Smithfield in 2025-26, including 138 violent offences and 49 break-ins. That is about 36,704 per 100,000 of its 2,482 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Playford council area.

Smithfield is a suburb in the Playford council area of South Australia (about 115,790 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 45th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (83rd percentile), homicide (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 74.

In 2025-26: violent 2,203 per 100,000 (+5% vs five years earlier); property 7,508 per 100,000 (0% vs five years earlier); break-ins 973 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); theft 3,290 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 10th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Playford council area is 9.3% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 8.8% of occupied homes (2,500 public and 600 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 796 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 76.8 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 23.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Afghanistan, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 8.1% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 8% of homes; about 75.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 23.6% 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: 911 offences were recorded in Smithfield in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Playford council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent2,2032,551+5%
Property7,5088,694-0%
Break-ins9731,127-9%
Theft3,2903,809-13%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Smithfield has the 2nd highest recorded crime rate: about 40,300 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

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

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Questions

Is Smithfield safe?

Smithfield recorded about 40,300 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, 8.2 times the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 2nd highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 138 violent offences (5,560 per 100,000 residents) and 49 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 Smithfield?

In 2025-26 police recorded 911 offences in Smithfield, about 36,700 per 100,000 of its 2,482 residents (2021 Census), including 138 violent offences and 49 break-ins.

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