Spalding crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 6 offences in Spalding in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Northern Areas council area.
Spalding is a suburb in the Northern Areas council area of South Australia (about 4,688 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 11 out of 100 (very low), 359th 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 (14th percentile), homicide (18th percentile), break-ins (13th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 10.
In 2025-26: violent 405 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier); property 853 per 100,000 (-38% vs five years earlier); break-ins 149 per 100,000 (-61% vs five years earlier); theft 277 per 100,000 (-52% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 61st of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Northern Areas council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.6% of occupied homes (38 public and 11 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 3 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 6.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.9% 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 71 of 100); social housing about 2.4% of homes; about 6.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 7.1% 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: 6 offences were recorded in Spalding in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Northern Areas council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 405 | 19 | -1% |
| Property | 853 | 40 | -38% |
| Break-ins | 149 | 7 | -61% |
| Theft | 277 | 13 | -52% |
Northern Areas council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Spalding safe?
Police recorded 6 offences in Spalding in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins. Spalding is not ranked against other suburbs: with 260 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Northern Areas council area as a whole recorded 405 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 69% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 68% 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.
What is the crime rate in Spalding?
In 2025-26 police recorded 6 offences in Spalding, including 0 violent offences and 1 break-ins.
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