Vale Park crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 81 offences in Vale Park in 2025-26, including 16 violent offences and 18 break-ins. That is about 3,303 per 100,000 of its 2,452 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Walkerville council area.
Vale Park is a suburb in the Walkerville council area of South Australia (about 8,673 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (high), 122nd 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 homicide (88th percentile), break-ins (81st percentile), assault (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 64.
In 2025-26: violent 876 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); property 3,989 per 100,000 (-17% vs five years earlier); break-ins 669 per 100,000 (-10% vs five years earlier); theft 1,683 per 100,000 (-37% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 30th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Walkerville council area is 4.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5% of occupied homes (133 public and 26 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 29 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.3 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 30.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, China. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.6% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 4.5% of homes; about 34.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 31.1% 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: 81 offences were recorded in Vale Park in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Walkerville council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 876 | 76 | +39% |
| Property | 3,989 | 346 | -17% |
| Break-ins | 669 | 58 | -10% |
| Theft | 1,683 | 146 | -37% |
Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Vale Park has the 78th lowest recorded crime rate: about 3,440 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.
Walkerville council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5081: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Vale Park safe?
Vale Park recorded about 3,440 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 30% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 78th lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 16 violent offences (653 per 100,000 residents) and 18 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 Vale Park?
In 2025-26 police recorded 81 offences in Vale Park, about 3,300 per 100,000 of its 2,452 residents (2021 Census), including 16 violent offences and 18 break-ins.
Police news near Vale Park
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- Robbery at St Peters · Saint Peters, 12 Oct 2026 · 2 km away
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- Assault at Hackney during attempted robbery · Hackney, 9 Oct 2026 · 3 km away
Nearby suburbs
Gilberton · Medindie · Walkerville
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