Suburb-Level Crime Statistics for South Australia

Point-in-time crime statistics reported to South Australia Police for each financial year. The data includes offences against the person and property, with separate files for family and domestic abuse-related offences. Data is provided by South Australia Police and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial crime patterns based on suburb-level geography.
• Compare trends in crimes against the person versus crimes against property over financial years.
• Identify areas with high incidence of family and domestic abuse-related offences.

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated to the suburb level, enabling local analysis.
• Separate files for family and domestic abuse offences allow for focused study.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, permitting broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect reporting bias inherent to police-recorded statistics.

Provenance

Source

South Australia Police

Collection Method

Reports of offences against the person and property made to police.

Time Range

Financial year basis.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:35:59.023720

Geography

Suburbs of South Australia, Australia.