Crime Dashboard - Smithfield Plains
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 | 18 | 919 | 75 |
| motor vehicle | 33 | 1,357 | 76 |
| violent | 112 | 6,338 | 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 | 919 | 1,662 | -44.7% |
| motor vehicle | 1,357 | 1,873 | -27.6% |
| violent | 6,338 | 8,764 | -27.7% |
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 44.7% to 919 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 27.6% to 1,357 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 27.7% to 6,338 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 | Smithfield Plains1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 919 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,357 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 6,338 | 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 Smithfield Plains was 54.5% higher than the South Australia average, and was 24.5% higher than the national average.
- around 75% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Smithfield Plains.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Smithfield Plains was 19.9% higher than the South Australia average, and was 30.9% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Smithfield Plains.
- the rate of violent crime in Smithfield Plains was 131.4% higher than the South Australia average, and was 124.0% higher than the national average.
- around 92% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Smithfield Plains.