Eden Valley · 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.
A 50% jump in the crime rate marks a much higher increase than most areas in Eden Valley. Despite this rise, the actual number of offences remains very low, with only 769 recorded crimes per 100,000 people.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eden Valley — lower than 97% of areas.
| Eden Valley | 769 |
|---|---|
| 5235, SA | 1,402 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
The area has seen a significant 50% increase in crime over five years, though the overall rate stays among the lowest at this level. Theft is the most common offence, making up 33.3% of the total.
769
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.
50.0%
Higher than 84% 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.
Theft is the primary concern here, but the theft rate of 256 is still much lower than in most similar areas.
256
Lower than 91% 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 Eden Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40390/eden-valley/topic/crime-safety
