Tea Tree Gully crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 72 offences in Tea Tree Gully in 2025-26, including 14 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 2,058 per 100,000 of its 3,499 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Tea Tree Gully council area.

Tea Tree Gully is a suburb in the Tea Tree Gully council area of South Australia (about 105,120 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 263rd 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 robbery (63rd percentile), assault (34th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.

In 2025-26: violent 712 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 2,882 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 343 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,308 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Tea Tree Gully council area is 4.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,128 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 143 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 25.5% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 13.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.9% 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: 72 offences were recorded in Tea Tree Gully in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Tea Tree Gully council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent712748+11%
Property2,8823,030+11%
Break-ins343361+12%
Theft1,3081,375-5%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Tea Tree Gully has the 42nd lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,450 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Tea Tree Gully council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Tea Tree Gully safe?

Tea Tree Gully recorded about 2,450 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 50% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 42nd lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 14 violent offences (400 per 100,000 residents) and 13 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 Tea Tree Gully?

In 2025-26 police recorded 72 offences in Tea Tree Gully, about 2,060 per 100,000 of its 3,499 residents (2021 Census), including 14 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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