WESTERN RIVER crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
WESTERN RIVER is a suburb in the Kangaroo Island council area of South Australia (about 5,212 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 20 out of 100 (very low), 336th 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 (24th percentile), break-ins (22nd percentile), robbery (22nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 34.
In 2024-25: violent 672 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier); property 1,708 per 100,000 (-31% vs five years earlier); break-ins 230 per 100,000 (-62% vs five years earlier); theft 787 per 100,000 (-24% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 38th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Kangaroo Island council area is 3.5% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.6% of occupied homes (51 public and 18 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 4 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 7.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 16% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, New Zealand, Germany. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.1% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 3.2% of homes; about 7.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 16.3% 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 WESTERN RIVER are those of the Kangaroo Island council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 672 | 35 | +18% |
| Property | 1,708 | 89 | -31% |
| Break-ins | 230 | 12 | -62% |
| Theft | 787 | 41 | -24% |
Kangaroo Island council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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