Willowie crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
Willowie is a suburb in the Mount Remarkable council area of South Australia (about 2,861 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 342nd 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 robbery (42nd percentile), assault (20th percentile), break-ins (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.
In 2025-26: violent 804 per 100,000 (+81% vs five years earlier); property 1,503 per 100,000 (+63% vs five years earlier); break-ins 280 per 100,000 (-9% vs five years earlier); theft 315 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 34th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Mount Remarkable council area is 4.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (16 public and 9 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 11 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.7 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.1% 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 4.2% (confidence 69 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 37.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.2% 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 Willowie are those of the Mount Remarkable council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 804 | 23 | +81% |
| Property | 1,503 | 43 | +63% |
| Break-ins | 280 | 8 | -9% |
| Theft | 315 | 9 | -16% |
Mount Remarkable council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Questions
Is Willowie safe?
South Australia publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Willowie is in the Mount Remarkable council area, which recorded 804 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2025-26, about 38% lower than the South Australia rate (1,300) and about 37% lower than 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.
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