Welbourn Hill crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

Welbourn Hill is a suburb in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area of South Australia (about 2,668 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 95th 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 (96th percentile), break-ins (99th percentile), homicide (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 53.

In 2024-25: violent 10,607 per 100,000 (+64% vs five years earlier); property 12,631 per 100,000 (+69% vs five years earlier); break-ins 4,723 per 100,000 (+80% vs five years earlier); theft 1,687 per 100,000 (+6% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 2nd of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area is 29.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 66.5% of occupied homes (290 public and 52 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 298 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 1,147.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 2.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 25.7% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 60.6% of homes; about 1,128.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 2.6% 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: 0 offences were recorded in Welbourn Hill in 2024-25. Rates and the Crime Score use council population, which is not published for suburbs.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent10,607283+64%
Property12,631337+69%
Break-ins4,723126+80%
Theft1,68745+6%

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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