Mil-Lel · 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 Mil-Lel than in most other areas, with just 1,047 offences per 100,000 people. This is a very safe area where the crime rate has dropped by 20% over the last five years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mil-Lel — lower than 92% of areas.
| Mil-Lel | 1,047 |
|---|---|
| 5291, SA | 2,148 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Mil-Lel has a much lower crime rate than most similar areas. Half of all recorded offences here are for assault and related crimes, while theft makes up a quarter of the total.
1,047
Lower than 92% 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 assault and theft rates are low, with 524 assault cases and 262 theft cases per 100,000 people. Both figures are lower than in most other areas.
524
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality 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.
262
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 Mil-Lel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40872/mil-lel/topic/crime-safety
