A 39-year-old woman has been arrested with knife at Colonnades Shopping Centre

A woman has been arrested at a southern suburbs shopping centre, one day after the state opposition called for boosted police presence at Adelaide shopping malls.

People shopping in Colonnades. Picture Dean Martin

A woman has been arrested after she was seen in possession of a knife at a southern suburbs shopping centre.

It is alleged that around 5pm on Friday, December 20, police were called to an outdoor area in Colonnades Shopping Centre in Noarlunga after a woman was seen holding a knife and acting aggressively.

A woman has been arrested after she was seen in possession of a knife at Colonnades. Picture Dean Martin

She did not threaten anyone with the knife.

Patrols were quickly on scene and the 39-year-old Christie Downs woman was arrested and charged with carrying a knife in a public place and breach of bail.

She was refused bail and will appear in court on Monday.

The arrest comes a day after the state opposition called for boosted police presence at shopping malls over the Christmas and new year period after new data revealed officers are being called out to major centres nearly six times a day.

The data, released to the Liberals under Freedom of Information, showed that police were called to Westfield Marion, Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, Elizabeth Shopping Centre, Arndale Shopping Centre and the Rundle Mall for thousands of incidents during 2024.

The busiest centre for police callouts was Rundle Mall, where there were more than 2000 in the first 11 months of this year.

Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia called for additional police to be deployed during the busy holiday period.

“Given police are being called out to most of our major shopping centres multiple times every day, we should consider having extra police stationed at our major shopping precincts this Christmas,” he said.