Death at Coober Pedy not suspicious
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The death of a man at Coober Pedy has been found to be not suspicious.
Just before 9.30am on Thursday 10 September, police were called to an open cut mine just south of the township of Coober Pedy after a man’s body was located.
Coober Pedy Police, along with Major Crime detectives and Forensic Response officers attended the scene.
Following a post mortem today (Friday 11 September), the death of the 36-year-old local man has been deemed non-suspicious.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Unincorporated SA council area
Unincorporated SA is a council area in South Australia with about 3,001 residents. It has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 13th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (98th percentile), homicide (100th percentile), break-ins (99th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 82.
- Violent
- 13,129 per 100k
- Property
- 18,960 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 5,332 per 100k
- Theft
- 4,132 per 100k
See the full Unincorporated SA crime profile
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