Crime Dashboard - Port Augusta
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 | 144 | 4,819 | 100 |
| motor vehicle | 129 | 2,572 | 95 |
| violent | 777 | 23,865 | 100 |
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 | 4,819 | 3,437 | 40.2% |
| motor vehicle | 2,572 | 2,206 | 16.6% |
| violent | 23,865 | 19,792 | 20.6% |
1 annual rate per 100,000 persons.
Source: OpenStats; State police departments; ABS
Between 2020-22 and 2022-24 the rate of:
- break-ins increased by 40.2% to 4,819 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 16.6% to 2,572 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 20.6% to 23,865 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 | Port Augusta1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 4,819 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 2,572 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 23,865 | 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 Port Augusta was 709.8% higher than the South Australia average, and was 552.4% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Port Augusta.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Port Augusta was 127.4% higher than the South Australia average, and was 148.2% higher than the national average.
- around 95% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Port Augusta.
- the rate of violent crime in Port Augusta was 771.2% higher than the South Australia average, and was 743.6% higher than the national average.
- around 100% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Port Augusta.