Crime Dashboard - Wattle Park
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 | 250 | 15 |
| motor vehicle | 5 | 279 | 11 |
| violent | 2 | 551 | 4 |
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 | 250 | 608 | -58.9% |
| motor vehicle | 279 | 1,334 | -79.1% |
| violent | 551 | 237 | 132.9% |
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 58.9% to 250 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- motor vehicle theft decreased by 79.1% to 279 incidents per 100,000 residents.
- violent crime increased by 132.9% to 551 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 | Wattle Park1 | SA1 | Australia1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| break-ins | 250 | 595 | 739 |
| motor vehicle | 279 | 1,131 | 1,036 |
| violent | 551 | 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 Wattle Park was 58.0% lower than the South Australia average, and was 66.2% lower than the national average.
- around 15% of suburbs had a lower rate of break-ins than Wattle Park.
- the rate of motor vehicle theft in Wattle Park was 75.3% lower than the South Australia average, and was 73.1% lower than the national average.
- around 11% of suburbs had a lower rate of motor vehicle theft than Wattle Park.
- the rate of violent crime in Wattle Park was 79.9% lower than the South Australia average, and was 80.5% lower than the national average.
- around 4% of suburbs had a lower rate of violent crime than Wattle Park.