Blyth · 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.
Burglary and theft each make up a quarter of all recorded offences in Blyth. This is a very safe area where the crime rate has fallen by 20% over the last five years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Blyth — lower than 97% of areas.
| Blyth | 772 |
|---|---|
| 5462, SA | 772 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Blyth has just 772 recorded offences per 100,000 people, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
772
Lower than 97% 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.
Rates for both burglary and theft are very low, with each sitting at 193 per 100,000 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
193
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality 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.
193
Lower than 95% 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 Blyth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40129/blyth/topic/crime-safety
