Crime Dashboard - Blackwood (SA)
South Australia • Suburb • 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 | 3 | 175 | 8 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 368 | 18 |
| violent | 16 | 702 | 8 |
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 | 175 | 460 | -61.8% |
| motor vehicle | 368 | 657 | -44.0% |
| violent | 702 | 913 | -23.0% |
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 61.8% to 175 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 44.0% to 368 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 23.0% to 702 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 | Blackwood (SA)1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 175 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 368 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 702 | 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 Blackwood (SA) was 70.5% lower than the South Australia average, and was 76.2% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Blackwood (SA).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Blackwood (SA) was 67.5% lower than the South Australia average, and was 64.5% lower than the national average.
- around 18% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Blackwood (SA).
- the rate of violent crime in Blackwood (SA) was 74.4% lower than the South Australia average, and was 75.2% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Blackwood (SA).