North Beach · 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 much lower crime rate than most areas defines North Beach, where recorded offences per 100,000 people sit at 1,923. This reflects a significant recent trend, as the crime rate has fallen by 27.8% over the last five years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is North Beach — lower than 77% of areas.
| North Beach | 1,923 |
|---|---|
| 5556, SA | 6,439 |
The overall recorded-offence rate and its five-year trend.
Offences are far less common here than in most similar places. Among the crimes that do occur, assault and related incidents are the most frequent at 38.5%, followed by property damage at 30.8% and theft at 15.4%.
1,923
Lower than 77% 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.
-27.8%
Lower than 72% 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 notably rare, with a rate of 296, which is much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, the rates for assault and related offences (740) and property damage (592) both sit around the middle for areas of this level.
740
Higher than 53% 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.
296
Lower than 88% 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.
592
Lower than 58% 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 North Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41039/north-beach/topic/crime-safety
