Crime Rates

The crime statistics presented here are the latest available for the City of Onkaparinga. There were 21,115 recorded offences in 2007, down by 3.3% from 21,825 in 2006, after remaining relatively stable for two years. This made up 10.9% of all offences in Metropolitan South Australia during 2007.

In 2007, 44.0% of the recorded crime in Onkaparinga was detected due to proactive policing. This is higher than the corresponding percentage for Metropolitan South Australia (35.8%).

Recorded Offences

Offence Rates

The 2007 offence rate for the City of Onkaparinga was 135.4 per 1,000 population. This was 19.2% lower than Metro South Australia figure of 167.6 per 1,000 population. The City of Onkaparinga has consistently recorded lower crime rates than the Metropolitan area of South Australia for the seven years from 2001 to 2007 (inclusive).

Offence Rates per 1'000 Population

Types of Offences

Offences against property decreased significantly, 11.3% in 2007 when compared to 2006. Offences against property represented 47.0% of all recorded incidents, followed by driving (24.5%) and offences against good order (18.0%).

Robbery and extortion increased by 36 reported incidents and sexual offences were also on the rise.

Type of Offence	2006	2007	% difference
Offences against the person e.g. minor assault	1,535	1,569	2.2%
Sexual offences e.g. indecent assault, rape	173	219	26.6%
Robbery and extortion e.g. armed, unarmed	75	111	48.0%
Offences against property e.g. theft, damage	11,183	9,924	-11.3%
Offences against good order e.g. disorderly behaviour	3,810	3,804	-0.2%
Drug offences e.g. manufacturing, supplying	246	257	4.5%
Motor vehicle offences e.g. unregistered, unlicensed	4,739	5,174	9.2%
Other offences	64	57	-10.9%
TOTAL	21,825	21,115	-3.3%

Types of Offences and Crime Rates per 1,000 population

Type of Offence	Onkaparinga	Metro South Australia
Offences against the person e.g. minor assault	10.1	12.7
Sexual offences e.g. indecent assault, rape	1.4	1.5
Robbery and extortion e.g. armed, blackmail	0.7	1.1
Offences against property e.g. theft, damage	63.6	92.4
Offences against good order e.g. disorderly behaviour	24.4	23.5
Drug offences e.g. manufacturing, supplying	1.6	1.7
Motor vehicle offences e.g. unregistered, unlicensed	33.2	34.1
Other offences	0.4	0.6
TOTAL	135.4	167.6

The City of Onkaparinga's crime rates are below those of Metropolitan South Australia as a whole in all but one area: offences against good order (0.9 per 1,000 higher).

The chart below shows the types of offences committed in Onkaparinga in 2007 as a percentage of the total offences.

Type of Offences

Offences per Onkaparinga Statistical Local Area (SLA)

The highest offence rate in 2007 was in the North Coast SLA, at 321.6 per 1,000 persons compared to a rate of 135.4 for Onkaparinga as a whole. The other six SLAs had lower crime rates than Metropolitan South Australia for 2007, although Hackham (154.3 per 1,000), Morphett (156.9 per 1,000) and South Coast (137.3 per 1,000) had higher rates than Onkaparinga as a whole.

Offences Rates SLA

Source:

Office of Crime Statistics and Research, Department of Justice. Received 11 June 2009

Crime Rates per Local Government Area Comparison

In 2006 the City of Onkaparinga ranked 10th in terms of crime rates, compared to other Adelaide Local Government Areas.

	Local Government Area	Crime Rate 2006
1	Playford	268.5
2	Port Adelaide/Enfield	258.0
3	Gawler	202.3
4	Salisbury	183.1
5	Charles Sturt	180.3
6	Prospect	174.6
7	Holdfast Bay	173.5
8	Norwood/Payneham/St Peter's	169.1
9	Marion	155.6
10	Onkaparinga	141.9
11	Unley	115.7
12	Tea Tree Gully	114.3
13	West Torrens	108.1
14	Mount Barker	100.2
15	Mitcham	98.9
16	Campbelltown	91.9
17	Burnside	78.2
18	Adelaide Hills	61.4

Source:

Office of Crime Statistics and Research website www.ocsar.gov.sa.au. Viewed 12 June 2009