Crime Dashboard - Colonel Light Gardens
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 | 5 | 322 | 24 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 467 | 26 |
| violent | 5 | 550 | 4 |
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 | 322 | 346 | -6.9% |
| motor vehicle | 467 | 732 | -36.2% |
| violent | 550 | 853 | -35.6% |
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 6.9% to 322 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 36.2% to 467 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 35.6% to 550 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 | Colonel Light Gardens1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 322 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 467 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 550 | 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 Colonel Light Gardens was 45.9% lower than the South Australia average, and was 56.4% lower than the national average.
- around 24% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Colonel Light Gardens.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Colonel Light Gardens was 58.7% lower than the South Australia average, and was 54.9% lower than the national average.
- around 26% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Colonel Light Gardens.
- the rate of violent crime in Colonel Light Gardens was 79.9% lower than the South Australia average, and was 80.6% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Colonel Light Gardens.