Tool 13 · SA Police + crash data

Suburb Safety Check

Type any SA suburb and see reported crime and road-crash casualties side by side, with multi-year trends. Straight from official SA Police and transport open data. Honest about the limits: these are raw counts, not per-resident rates.

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Pick a suburb to see its reported crime and road-crash record

Adelaide metro ranking

Limited to Adelaide metro suburbs (classified from the crash data's metro/country tag) that have enough rental-bond activity to be a substantial, comparable suburb. This deliberately filters out tiny rural and Hills localities that would otherwise top the "safest" list on a single offence a year. Still ranked by raw reported count, not per-resident rate, so larger suburbs, commercial strips and suburbs on major roads sit toward the "highest" end regardless of how risky they feel street to street. A true per-capita rate needs population data we don't yet hold. Tap any suburb to load its full record above. Source: data.sa.gov.au, CC BY 4.0.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check the crime rate in an Adelaide suburb?

Enter the suburb above. The tool shows the latest annual reported-offence count from SA Police, the split between offences against the person and against property, and a multi-year trend. The figures are raw counts, not per-resident rates, so commercial strips and town centres read higher than quiet residential streets nearby.

Where does the safety data come from?

Crime figures are SA Police reported-offence counts by suburb of incident. Road-crash figures are from the SA road crash data set (Department for Infrastructure and Transport), covering reported crashes and casualties by suburb. Both are official open data on data.sa.gov.au under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

Are these numbers per person?

No. They're raw counts by suburb, not rates per resident or per vehicle. Larger suburbs, commercial strips, transport hubs and suburbs on major arterials or freeways naturally show higher numbers. The most useful signals are the multi-year trend and a like-for-like comparison between similar suburbs, not a single headline number.

Does a low count mean a suburb is safe?

Not on its own. Reported crime and crashes are useful indicators but don't capture everything, and they aren't population-adjusted. Use this as a starting point: look at the trend over several years, compare nearby suburbs, and visit at different times of day before drawing conclusions.