Crime Dashboard - Seaford Heights
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 | 3 | 282 | 19 |
| motor vehicle | 0 | 733 | 46 |
| violent | 4 | 702 | 8 |
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 | 282 | 787 | -64.1% |
| motor vehicle | 733 | 440 | 66.5% |
| violent | 702 | 2,479 | -71.7% |
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 64.1% to 282 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft increased by 66.5% to 733 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 71.7% to 702 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 | Seaford Heights1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 282 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 733 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 702 | 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 Seaford Heights was 52.5% lower than the South Australia average, and was 61.8% lower than the national average.
- around 19% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Seaford Heights.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Seaford Heights was 35.2% lower than the South Australia average, and was 29.3% lower than the national average.
- around 46% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Seaford Heights.
- the rate of violent crime in Seaford Heights was 74.4% lower than the South Australia average, and was 75.2% lower than the national average.
- around 8% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Seaford Heights.