Ashton · Suburb / Locality
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.
Far fewer crimes are recorded in Ashton than in most other similar areas, with only 832 offences per 100,000 people. This makes it one of the safest places of its kind, and the crime rate has fallen by 20% over the last five years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Ashton — lower than 96% of areas.
| Ashton | 832 |
|---|---|
| 5137, SA | 727 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Theft and property damage are the most common crimes here, making up 50% and 25% of all offences respectively.
832
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality 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.
-20.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality 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.
Both theft and property damage are rare in Ashton; the theft rate is much lower than most areas, and the property damage rate is among the lowest at this level.
416
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Recorded theft 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.
208
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Recorded property damage 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 Ashton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40047/ashton/topic/crime-safety
