Wallis crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Wallis is a suburb in the Elliston council area of South Australia (about 1,057 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 16 out of 100 (very low), 347th 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 break-ins (37th percentile), assault (14th percentile), homicide (18th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 18.
In 2025-26: violent 662 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); property 1,987 per 100,000 (+106% vs five years earlier); break-ins 189 per 100,000 (+96% vs five years earlier); theft 378 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 42nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Elliston council area is 3.8% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0% of occupied homes (0 public and 0 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 7 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 67.8 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 6.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Germany, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.3% (confidence 66 of 100); social housing about 0% of homes; about 66.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 6.7% 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 Wallis are those of the Elliston council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 662 | 7 | -2% |
| Property | 1,987 | 21 | +106% |
| Break-ins | 189 | 2 | +96% |
| Theft | 378 | 4 | -2% |
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Questions
Is Wallis safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Wallis is in the Elliston council area, which recorded 662 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 49% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 48% lower than 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.
Nearby suburbs
Barwell · Blesing · Bramfield · Colton · Coolillie · Cowan · DC of Elliston · Downer · Elliston · Haig · Hudd · Kappawanta · McIntosh · McLachlan · Mount Joy · Mount Wedge · Palkagee · Pearce · Polda · Port Kenny · Sheringa · Squire · Talia · Talia · Tinline · Ulyerra · Venus Bay · Ward · Way · Wright
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