Wynn Vale crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia

SA Police recorded 155 offences in Wynn Vale in 2025-26, including 50 violent offences and 13 break-ins. That is about 1,971 per 100,000 of its 7,865 residents (2021 Census). The rates and Crime Score below are for the whole Tea Tree Gully council area.

Wynn Vale is a suburb in the Tea Tree Gully council area of South Australia (about 105,120 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 37 out of 100 (low), 263rd 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 (63rd percentile), assault (34th percentile), homicide (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 37.

In 2025-26: violent 712 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); property 2,882 per 100,000 (+11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 343 per 100,000 (+12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,308 per 100,000 (-5% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 40th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Tea Tree Gully council area is 4.6% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 3.4% of occupied homes (1,128 public and 176 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 143 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 13.9 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 25.5% 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% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 3.1% of homes; about 13.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 25.9% 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: 155 offences were recorded in Wynn Vale in 2025-26. The rates and Crime Score above are for the whole Tea Tree Gully council area.

OffencesPer 100,000Count5-yr change
Violent712748+11%
Property2,8823,030+11%
Break-ins343361+12%
Theft1,3081,375-5%

Of 243 Adelaide suburbs with at least 2,000 residents, Wynn Vale has the 30th lowest recorded crime rate: about 2,020 offences a year per 100,000 residents (2023-24 to 2025-26 average), against a median of 4,940. Adelaide suburb rankings.

Tea Tree Gully council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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Questions

Is Wynn Vale safe?

Wynn Vale recorded about 2,020 offences a year per 100,000 residents over 2023-24 to 2025-26, about 59% lower than the median of 4,940 for Adelaide suburbs: the 30th lowest rate of 243. In 2025-26 police recorded 50 violent offences (636 per 100,000 residents) and 13 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 Wynn Vale?

In 2025-26 police recorded 155 offences in Wynn Vale, about 1,970 per 100,000 of its 7,865 residents (2021 Census), including 50 violent offences and 13 break-ins.

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