Wallaroo crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 202 offences in Wallaroo in 2025-26, including 43 violent offences and 36 break-ins. That is about 5,461 per 100,000 of its 3,699 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Copper Coast council area.
Wallaroo is a suburb in the Copper Coast council area of South Australia (about 16,601 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 40 out of 100 (low), 246th 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 (53rd percentile), break-ins (71st percentile), homicide (57th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.
In 2025-26: violent 940 per 100,000 (+1% vs five years earlier); property 2,765 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 608 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 988 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 27th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Copper Coast council area is 7.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 4.1% of occupied homes (207 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 28 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 17.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.3% 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 6.4% (confidence 76 of 100); social housing about 3.7% of homes; about 17.6 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 10.5% 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: 202 offences were recorded in Wallaroo in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Copper Coast council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 940 | 156 | +1% |
| Property | 2,765 | 459 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 608 | 101 | -27% |
| Theft | 988 | 164 | -13% |
Of 37 regional SA suburbs and towns with at least 2,000 residents, Wallaroo has the 12th highest recorded crime rate: about 6,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,030. Regional South Australia rankings.
Copper Coast council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5556: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Wallaroo safe?
Wallaroo recorded about 6,400 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 59% higher than the median of 4,030 for regional SA suburbs and towns: the 12th highest rate of 37. In 2025-26 police recorded 43 violent offences (1,160 per 100,000 residents) and 36 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 Wallaroo?
In 2025-26 police recorded 202 offences in Wallaroo, about 5,460 per 100,000 of its 3,699 residents (2021 Census), including 43 violent offences and 36 break-ins.
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