Watervale crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 2 offences in Watervale in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area.
Watervale is a suburb in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area of South Australia (about 9,467 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 24 out of 100 (low), 310th 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 (92nd percentile), robbery (24th percentile), assault (12th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 23.
In 2025-26: violent 549 per 100,000 (+20% vs five years earlier); property 1,489 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 264 per 100,000 (-55% vs five years earlier); theft 444 per 100,000 (-39% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 48th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area is 3.2% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.8% of occupied homes (99 public and 42 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 9 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 9.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 10.8% 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 2.8% (confidence 75 of 100); social housing about 3.5% of homes; about 9.4 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 11% 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: 2 offences were recorded in Watervale in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 549 | 52 | +20% |
| Property | 1,489 | 141 | -28% |
| Break-ins | 264 | 25 | -55% |
| Theft | 444 | 42 | -39% |
Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5452: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Watervale safe?
Police recorded 2 offences in Watervale in 2025-26, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Watervale is not ranked against other suburbs: with 338 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area as a whole recorded 549 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 58% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 57% 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.
What is the crime rate in Watervale?
In 2025-26 police recorded 2 offences in Watervale, including 2 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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