Crime Dashboard - Tennyson (SA)
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 | 5 | 680 | 60 |
| motor vehicle | 10 | 1,357 | 76 |
| violent | 9 | 1,596 | 39 |
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 | 680 | 914 | -25.6% |
| motor vehicle | 1,357 | 2,070 | -34.4% |
| violent | 1,596 | 1,714 | -6.9% |
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 25.6% to 680 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 34.4% to 1,357 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime decreased by 6.9% to 1,596 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 | Tennyson (SA)1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 680 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 1,357 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 1,596 | 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 Tennyson (SA) was 14.3% higher than the South Australia average, and was 7.9% lower than the national average.
- around 60% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Tennyson (SA).
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Tennyson (SA) was 20.0% higher than the South Australia average, and was 31.0% higher than the national average.
- around 76% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Tennyson (SA).
- the rate of violent crime in Tennyson (SA) was 41.7% lower than the South Australia average, and was 43.6% lower than the national average.
- around 39% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Tennyson (SA).