Crime Dashboard - Adelaide Plains
South Australia • LGA • 2022-24
Crime summary
Crime rank by crime type
Percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Crime statistics summary
Crime | Count | Rate1 | Percentile2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 16 | 230 | 3 |
| motor vehicle | 71 | 890 | 48 |
| violent | 96 | 1,418 | 13 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
2 percentage of equivalent geographies with a lower crime rate.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Surrounding areas
Crime trends
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Period comparisons
Crime | 2022-241 | 2020-221 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 230 | 232 | -0.7% |
| motor vehicle | 890 | 850 | 4.6% |
| violent | 1,418 | 1,850 | -23.4% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 0.7% to 230 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 4.6% to 890 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 23.4% to 1,418 incidents per 100,000 residents.
Area comparisons
Break-in rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Violent crime rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Motor vehicle theft rate
Annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Comparative statistics
Crime | Adelaide Plains1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 230 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 890 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,418 | 2,739 | 2,829 |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
In 2022-24:
- the rate of break-ins in Adelaide Plains was 61.3% lower than the South Australia average, and was 68.9% lower than the national average.
- around 3% of LGAs had a lower rate of break-ins than Adelaide Plains.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Adelaide Plains was 21.3% lower than the South Australia average, and was 14.1% lower than the national average.
- around 48% of LGAs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Adelaide Plains.
- the rate of violent crime in Adelaide Plains was 48.2% lower than the South Australia average, and was 49.9% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of LGAs had a lower rate of violent crime than Adelaide Plains.