Willochra crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
SA Police recorded 0 offences in Willochra in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Flinders Ranges council area.
Willochra is a suburb in the Flinders Ranges council area of South Australia (about 1,662 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 32 out of 100 (low), 286th 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 (58th percentile), break-ins (70th percentile), property damage (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 22.
In 2025-26: violent 1,264 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier); property 2,768 per 100,000 (+112% vs five years earlier); break-ins 903 per 100,000 (+117% vs five years earlier); theft 722 per 100,000 (+52% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 17th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Flinders Ranges council area is 4.1% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 5.5% of occupied homes (27 public and 10 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 6 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 35.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 8.5% 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 3.7% (confidence 67 of 100); social housing about 5% of homes; about 35 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 8.6% 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 Willochra in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Flinders Ranges council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,264 | 21 | +52% |
| Property | 2,768 | 46 | +112% |
| Break-ins | 903 | 15 | +117% |
| Theft | 722 | 12 | +52% |
Flinders Ranges council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 5433: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Willochra safe?
Police recorded 0 offences in Willochra in 2025-26, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins. Willochra is not ranked against other suburbs: with 12 residents a handful of incidents would move its rate a lot. The Flinders Ranges council area as a whole recorded 1,260 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, close to the South Australia rate (1,300) and close to 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 Willochra?
In 2025-26 police recorded 0 offences in Willochra, including 0 violent offences and 0 break-ins.
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