Wandilo crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Wandilo is a suburb in the Grant council area of South Australia (about 9,223 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 26 out of 100 (low), 304th 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 (36th percentile), break-ins (47th percentile), vehicle theft (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 24.
In 2025-26: violent 737 per 100,000 (+39% vs five years earlier); property 2,353 per 100,000 (+145% vs five years earlier); break-ins 499 per 100,000 (+77% vs five years earlier); theft 466 per 100,000 (+107% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 39th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Grant council area is 2.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 0.1% of occupied homes (0 public and 4 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 20 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 22.4 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 2.5% (confidence 74 of 100); social housing about 0.1% of homes; about 22 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.4% 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 Wandilo are those of the Grant council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 737 | 68 | +39% |
| Property | 2,353 | 217 | +145% |
| Break-ins | 499 | 46 | +77% |
| Theft | 466 | 43 | +107% |
Grant council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Wandilo safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Wandilo is in the Grant council area, which recorded 737 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 43% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 42% 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.
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