Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5172

Postcode 5172 covers Hope Forest, Kuitpo Colony, Kyeema, Montarra, Pages Flat, The Range, Whites Valley, Willunga, Willunga Hill and Willunga South in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Alexandrina and Onkaparinga.

Suburbs in 5172

Recorded crime in the council areas

19/100

Alexandrina

Very low340 of 362 nationally · 56 of 69 in SA · 31,427 residents

Violent 493 per 100k

▲ +3% vs five years earlier

Property 1,289 per 100k

▼ -23% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 270 per 100k

▼ -16% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Hope Forest, Kuitpo Colony, Kyeema, Montarra, Pages Flat, Willunga Hill in postcode 5172.

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47/100

Onkaparinga

Moderate193 of 362 nationally · 20 of 69 in SA · 184,827 residents

Violent 1,148 per 100k

▲ +8% vs five years earlier

Property 3,213 per 100k

▼ -15% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 380 per 100k

▼ -33% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers The Range, Whites Valley, Willunga, Willunga South in postcode 5172.

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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 5172

What is the crime rate in postcode 5172?

Recorded crime is published for the Alexandrina council area, which covers most of postcode 5172. In 2025-26 it recorded 493 violent offences, 1,289 property offences and 270 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5172 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Alexandrina council area's violent crime rate is 61% below the national rate and 62% below the South Australia rate (493 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 19 ranks 340 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5172?

Hope Forest, Kuitpo Colony, Kyeema, Montarra, Pages Flat, The Range, Whites Valley, Willunga, Willunga Hill and Willunga South.

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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