Crime Dashboard - Port Pirie West
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 | 28 | 1,895 | 96 |
| motor vehicle | 17 | 712 | 45 |
| violent | 86 | 6,278 | 92 |
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 | 1,895 | 2,035 | -6.9% |
| motor vehicle | 712 | 485 | 46.6% |
| violent | 6,278 | 6,316 | -0.6% |
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 1,895 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 46.6% to 712 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 0.6% to 6,278 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 Pirie West1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 1,895 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 712 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,278 | 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 Pirie West was 218.5% higher than the South Australia average, and was 156.6% higher than the national average.
- around 96% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Port Pirie West.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Port Pirie West was 37.1% lower than the South Australia average, and was 31.3% lower than the national average.
- around 45% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Port Pirie West.
- the rate of violent crime in Port Pirie West was 129.2% higher than the South Australia average, and was 121.9% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Port Pirie West.