Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5098

Postcode 5098 covers Ingle Farm and Walkley Heights in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Salisbury.

Suburbs in 5098

Recorded crime in the council area

61/100

Salisbury

High120 of 362 nationally · 12 of 69 in SA · 151,019 residents

Violent 1,521 per 100k

▲ +15% vs five years earlier

Property 5,647 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 691 per 100k

▲ +7% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Ingle Farm, Walkley Heights in postcode 5098.

Open Salisbury on the map

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 5098

What is the crime rate in postcode 5098?

Recorded crime is published for the Salisbury council area, which covers postcode 5098. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,521 violent offences, 5,647 property offences and 691 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5098 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Salisbury council area's violent crime rate is 19% above the national rate and 17% above the South Australia rate (1,521 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 61 ranks 120 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5098?

Ingle Farm and Walkley Heights.

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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