Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5264

Postcode 5264 covers Meningie, Meningie East, Meningie West, Salt Creek and Waltowa in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Coorong.

Suburbs in 5264

Recorded crime in the council area

37/100

Coorong

Low261 of 362 nationally · 33 of 69 in SA · 5,627 residents

Violent 1,333 per 100k

▲ +74% vs five years earlier

Property 3,217 per 100k

▼ -9% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 729 per 100k

▼ -11% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Meningie, Meningie East, Meningie West, Salt Creek, Waltowa in postcode 5264.

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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 5264

What is the crime rate in postcode 5264?

Recorded crime is published for the Coorong council area, which covers postcode 5264. In 2025-26 it recorded 1,333 violent offences, 3,217 property offences and 729 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5264 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Coorong council area's violent crime rate is close to the national rate and close to the South Australia rate (1,333 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 37 ranks 261 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5264?

Meningie, Meningie East, Meningie West, Salt Creek and Waltowa.

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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