Police say they tried to pull over a white Toyota Prius just before 4:00am after checks revealed it had allegedly been stolen during a break-in in Valley View on Friday morning.
When the vehicle failed to stop, they pursued it along John Rice Avenue and Main North Road at Elizabeth South before it crashed into a tree at the intersection of Main North and Montague roads in Pooraka.
The driver fled the car but a search involving a police dog quickly located the suspect nearby.
The 11-year-old from Craigmore was charged with illegal use of a motor vehicle.