Crime in South Australia
Crime in South Australia is managed by the South Australia Police (SAPOL), various state and federal courts in the criminal justice system and the state Department of Correctional Services, which administers the prisons.
Crime statistics for all categories of offence in the state are provided on the SAPOL website, in the form of rolling 12-month totals.[1] Crime statistics from the 2017–18 national ABS Crime Victimisation Survey show that between the years 2008–09 and 2017–18, the rate of victimisation in South Australia declined for assault and most household crime types.[2]
In 2013 Adelaide was ranked as the safest capital city in the country.[3]
History
Crime statistics
In 2013, the city was ranked the safest in the country with the lowest rate of crime per population.[3][4] As of June 2018, crime rates across the state had continued to decrease.[2]
Notable crimes
- Beaumont children disappearance on Australia Day in 1966 - still unsolved.
- Snowtown murders (1992-1999) - serial killings which occurred mainly in two outer-suburban suburbs of Adelaide, Salisbury and Elizabeth
- The Family Murders (1970s-mid-1980s)
Judicial system
In addition to the various federal courts, justice is administered by the Supreme Court of South Australia, the District Court, the Magistrates Court and the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Prisons
The Department of Correctional Services runs the prison service in South Australia.
Prisons
- Adelaide Pre-Release Centre
- Adelaide Remand Centre - maximum-security prison facility for prisoners on remand
- Adelaide Women's Prison - both sentenced prisoners and those on remand; high, medium and low security female prisoners
- Cadell Training Centre - minimum security prison
- Mobilong Prison - low and medium security prison for men at Murray Bridge
- Mount Gambier Prison - the only privately-run prison in SA.
- Port Augusta Prison - high, medium and low security prisoners including protectees and special needs prisoners; includes some women
- Port Lincoln Prison - low security prisoners are involved in running an agricultural business
- Yatala Labour Prison - high-security men's prison.
See also
- Punishment in Australia
- SAPOL (South Australia Police)
References
- SAPOL crime statistics
- "4530.0 - Crime Victimisation, Australia, 2017-18: South Australia". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- "Adelaide's nation's safest city, according to Suncorp study". Adelaide Now. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- "Affordable, less traffic, low crime rates, vibrant cultural life ... that's Adelaide". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
Further reading
- Fewster, Sean (2011). The truth about Adelaide's strange and violent underbelly. Australia: Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0-7336-2738-5.
- Orr, Stephen (2011). The Cruel City: Is Adelaide the Murder Capital of Australia?. Australia: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74269-294-4.