Blakiston · 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.
Very few recorded offences make Blakiston one of the safest areas at its level. With only 531 offences per 100,000 people, crime is rare here and the rate has remained steady over the last five years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blakiston — lower than 99% of areas.
| Blakiston | 531 |
|---|---|
| 5250, SA | 2,310 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Recorded offences are among the lowest for similar areas. Half of these incidents were robberies and the other half were thefts.
531
Lower than 99% 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.
0.0%
Higher than 57% 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.
The robbery rate is among the highest at this level, while the theft rate is much lower than most areas.
265
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Recorded robbery 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.
265
Lower than 90% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Crime & Safety in Blakiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40122/blakiston/topic/crime-safety
