YATALA crime rate and Crime Score · South Australia
YATALA is a suburb in the Salisbury council area of South Australia (about 151,019 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 59 out of 100 (moderate), 129th 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 (72nd percentile), robbery (81st percentile), theft (93rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 67.
In 2024-25: violent 1,483 per 100,000 (+30% vs five years earlier); property 5,639 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 602 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 3,251 per 100,000 (-14% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 15th of 69 South Australia councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Salisbury council area is 7.4% (South Australia 5.4%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.4% of occupied homes (2,738 public and 604 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; South Australia 5.6%). An estimated 810 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 54.6 per 10,000 residents (South Australia 41.7), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 35.6% of residents were born overseas (South Australia 25.2%), most often in England, India, Vietnam. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 6.5% (confidence 85 of 100); social housing about 5.8% of homes; about 53.7 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 36.2% 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 YATALA are those of the Salisbury council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 1,483 | 2,239 | +30% |
| Property | 5,639 | 8,516 | -13% |
| Break-ins | 602 | 909 | -27% |
| Theft | 3,251 | 4,910 | -14% |
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