WAIKERIE crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
WAIKERIE is a suburb in the Loxton Waikerie council area of South Australia (about 11,971 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 257th 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), assault (39th percentile), break-ins (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.
In 2024-25: violent 743 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier); property 2,656 per 100,000 (+32% vs five years earlier); break-ins 560 per 100,000 (+48% vs five years earlier); theft 1,069 per 100,000 (+7% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 36th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Loxton Waikerie council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4% of occupied homes (132 public and 53 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 16.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.9% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.6% of homes; about 16.5 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for WAIKERIE are those of the Loxton Waikerie council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 743 | 89 | +30% |
| Property | 2,656 | 318 | +32% |
| Break-ins | 560 | 67 | +48% |
| Theft | 1,069 | 128 | +7% |
Loxton Waikerie council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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