Woodville South crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 322 offences in Woodville South in 2025-26, including 54 violent offences and 32 break-ins. That is about 9,296 per 100,000 of its 3,464 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Charles Sturt council area.

Woodville South is a suburb in the Charles Sturt council area of South Australia (about 130,841 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 61 out of 100 (high), 118th 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 (62nd percentile), break-ins (72nd percentile), homicide (65th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 63.

In 2025-26: violent 1,165 per 100,000 (+33% vs five years earlier); property 6,093 per 100,000 (+19% vs five years earlier); break-ins 783 per 100,000 (-2% vs five years earlier); theft 2,822 per 100,000 (+3% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 18th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Charles Sturt council area is 4.9% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.8% of occupied homes (2,888 public and 932 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 469 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 37.5 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 29.3% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Italy. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.2% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 7.1% of homes; about 36.9 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 29.8% 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: 322 offences were recorded in Woodville South in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Charles Sturt council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent1,1651,524+33%
Property6,0937,972+19%
Break-ins7831,024-2%
Theft2,8223,692+3%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Woodville South has the 48th highest recorded crime rate: about 8,620 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Charles Sturt council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

Crime in postcode 5011: every suburb and council it covers.

Questions

Is Woodville South safe?

Woodville South recorded about 8,620 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 75% higher than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 48th highest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 54 violent offences (1,560 per 100,000 residents) and 32 break-ins there. 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 Woodville South?

In 2025-26 police recorded 322 offences in Woodville South, about 9,300 per 100,000 of its 3,464 residents (2021 Census), including 54 violent offences and 32 break-ins.

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