Hindley St Station to operate at limited capacity as it undergoes minor work for 48 hours

Adelaide’s busiest police station will operate out of a van for the next couple of days as it undergoes minor upgrades.

Adelaide’s busiest police station on Hindley Street will be operating at a limited capacity for the next two days as it undergoes “minor work”.

Police initially said it “may not be able to accomodate all services” at the station until Thursday due to upgrade works.

However, after The Advertiser published its story, SAPOL amended their release to state that there was now a Police Operations Vehicle set up outside the station to accommodate all services.

Police say emergency response and essential services “will not be impacted”.

“The South Australia Police thanks the community for their co-operation during this time,” the statement read.

It comes just two weeks after The Advertiser analysed data that revealed the a victim was seriously assaulted, on average, nearly every day in the city or North Adelaide.

Police have investigated almost 87,000 city crimes in the past 12 years.

Police on Hindley Street. Picture: Keryn Stevens

Since 2010, almost 18,300 assault-related crimes occurred across the CBD and North Adelaide along with 25 murders or manslaughter crimes, the data shows.

SAPOL moved into the new Hindley Street Station – just 100m down the road from the previous station – in May last year.