Whyalla Barson crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 19 offences in Whyalla Barson in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 5 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Whyalla council area.
Whyalla Barson is a suburb in the Whyalla council area of South Australia (about 21,720 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 66 out of 100 (high), 93rd 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 (90th percentile), break-ins (90th percentile), robbery (84th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 69.
In 2025-26: violent 3,490 per 100,000 (+53% vs five years earlier); property 9,374 per 100,000 (+29% vs five years earlier); break-ins 1,906 per 100,000 (+26% vs five years earlier); theft 3,108 per 100,000 (+18% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 6th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Whyalla council area is 7.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 17.1% of occupied homes (1,495 public and 41 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 83 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 19.2% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, Scotland, Philippines. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.6% (confidence 79 of 100); social housing about 15.6% of homes; about 37.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 19.5% 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: 19 offences were recorded in Whyalla Barson in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Whyalla council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 3,490 | 758 | +53% |
| Property | 9,374 | 2,036 | +29% |
| Break-ins | 1,906 | 414 | +26% |
| Theft | 3,108 | 675 | +18% |
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Questions
Is Whyalla Barson safe?
Police recorded 19 offences in Whyalla Barson in 2025-26, including 3 violent offences and 5 break-ins. Whyalla Barson is not ranked against other suburbs because it has no matching Census population to work out a rate. The Whyalla council area as a whole recorded 3,490 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, 2.7 times the South Australia rate (1,300) and 2.7 times 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 Whyalla Barson?
In 2025-26 police recorded 19 offences in Whyalla Barson, including 3 violent offences and 5 break-ins.
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