Crime Dashboard - Jamestown
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 | 1 | 60 | 2 |
| motor vehicle | 2 | 337 | 16 |
| violent | 11 | 1,265 | 27 |
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 | 60 | 147 | -58.9% |
| motor vehicle | 337 | 404 | -16.5% |
| violent | 1,265 | 2,294 | -44.8% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins decreased by 58.9% to 60 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 16.5% to 337 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 44.8% to 1,265 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 | Jamestown1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 60 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 337 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,265 | 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 Jamestown was 89.8% lower than the South Australia average, and was 91.8% lower than the national average.
- around 2% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Jamestown.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Jamestown was 70.2% lower than the South Australia average, and was 67.5% lower than the national average.
- around 16% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Jamestown.
- the rate of violent crime in Jamestown was 53.8% lower than the South Australia average, and was 55.3% lower than the national average.
- around 27% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Jamestown.