Australian Crime Rate

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Crime in postcode 5082

Postcode 5082 covers Fitzroy, Ovingham, Prospect, Prospect East and Thorngate in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Prospect and Charles Sturt.

Suburbs in 5082

Recorded crime in the council areas

45/100

Prospect

Moderate214 of 362 nationally · 21 of 69 in SA · 23,459 residents

Violent 563 per 100k

▼ -6% vs five years earlier

Property 5,367 per 100k

▲ +13% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 669 per 100k

▼ -13% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Fitzroy, Prospect, Prospect East, Thorngate in postcode 5082.

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61/100

Charles Sturt

High118 of 362 nationally · 11 of 69 in SA · 130,841 residents

Violent 1,165 per 100k

▲ +33% vs five years earlier

Property 6,093 per 100k

▲ +19% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 783 per 100k

▼ -2% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Ovingham in postcode 5082.

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The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 5082

What is the crime rate in postcode 5082?

Recorded crime is published for the Prospect council area, which covers most of postcode 5082. In 2025-26 it recorded 563 violent offences, 5,367 property offences and 669 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5082 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Prospect council area's violent crime rate is 56% below the national rate and 57% below the South Australia rate (563 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 45 ranks 214 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5082?

Fitzroy, Ovingham, Prospect, Prospect East and Thorngate.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from South Australia's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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