Bulloo · Council (LGA)
Recorded crime in the area — the overall offence rate per 100,000 residents, the mix of offence types, and how it is changing. Sourced from state and territory police data; offence definitions differ by state, so comparisons across state lines are indicative only.
Among the lowest for its kind, Bulloo has a very low overall crime rate. The number of recorded offences has fallen by 57.7% over the last five years, with only 3,264 offences recorded per 100,000 people.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bulloo — lower than 95% of areas.
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Crime has dropped significantly in the area. Assault and related offences make up the largest share of these crimes at 45.5%, followed by drug offences at 18.2% and burglaries at 9.1%.
3,264
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Total recorded criminal offences per 100,000 residents per year (latest complete year, from the state/territory police service). The per-capita rate is the meaningful map metric — raw counts just track population. Offence definitions and counting rules differ by state, so cross-state comparisons are indicative only.
-57.7%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Change in the recorded-offence rate over the latest five years — positive means crime is rising, negative means it is falling. Computed from each region's annual series.
Rates for assault, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, theft, drugs and more.
While the rate of burglary is much lower than most areas at 297, the rate of assault is higher than most areas at 1,484. Drug offence rates sit around the middle for similar places at 593.
1,484
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Recorded assault & related per 100,000 residents per year (latest complete year, from the state/territory police service). Offence definitions differ by state, so cross-state comparisons are indicative only.
297
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Recorded burglary (unlawful entry) per 100,000 residents per year (latest complete year, from the state/territory police service). Offence definitions differ by state, so cross-state comparisons are indicative only.
593
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Recorded drug offences per 100,000 residents per year (latest complete year, from the state/territory police service). Offence definitions differ by state, so cross-state comparisons are indicative only.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Crime & Safety in Bulloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31750/bulloo/topic/crime-safety
