Tailem Bend crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 134 offences in Tailem Bend in 2025-26, including 29 violent offences and 23 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Coorong council area.
Tailem Bend is a suburb in the Coorong council area of South Australia (about 5,627 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 261st 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 (57th percentile), break-ins (55th percentile), vehicle theft (50th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 44.
In 2025-26: violent 1,333 per 100,000 (+74% vs five years earlier); property 3,217 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); break-ins 729 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); theft 1,244 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 16th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Coorong council area is 4.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.9% of occupied homes (52 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.1 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 72 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 15.8 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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: 134 offences were recorded in Tailem Bend in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Coorong council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,333 | 75 | +74% |
| Property | 3,217 | 181 | -9% |
| Break-ins | 729 | 41 | -11% |
| Theft | 1,244 | 70 | -11% |
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Questions
Is Tailem Bend safe?
Police recorded 134 offences in Tailem Bend in 2025-26, including 29 violent offences and 23 break-ins. Tailem Bend is not ranked against other suburbs: with 1,705 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Coorong council area as a whole recorded 1,330 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the South Australia rate (1,300) and close to 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 Tailem Bend?
In 2025-26 police recorded 134 offences in Tailem Bend, including 29 violent offences and 23 break-ins.
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