Whyalla Norrie East crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Whyalla Norrie East 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 crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Whyalla Norrie East are those of the 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% |
Whyalla council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
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Questions
Is Whyalla Norrie East safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Whyalla Norrie East is in the Whyalla council area, which 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.
Nearby suburbs
Backy Point · Cowleds Landing · Douglas Point · Douglas Point South · Fitzgerald Bay · Middleback Range · Mullaquana · Murninnie Beach · Point Lowly · Point Lowly North · Port Bonython · Poynton · Randell · Whyalla Barson · Whyalla Jenkins · Whyalla Norrie · Whyalla Norrie North · Whyalla Stuart
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