Crime Dashboard - Encounter Bay
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 | 6 | 176 | 8 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 84 | 3 |
| violent | 27 | 857 | 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 | 176 | 172 | 2.4% |
| motor vehicle | 84 | 51 | 66.7% |
| violent | 857 | 1,006 | -14.8% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 2.4% to 176 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 66.7% to 84 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 14.8% to 857 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 | Encounter Bay1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 176 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 84 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 857 | 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 Encounter Bay was 70.4% lower than the South Australia average, and was 76.1% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Encounter Bay.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Encounter Bay was 92.5% lower than the South Australia average, and was 91.9% lower than the national average.
- around 3% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Encounter Bay.
- the rate of violent crime in Encounter Bay was 68.7% lower than the South Australia average, and was 69.7% lower than the national average.
- around 13% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Encounter Bay.