Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5355

Postcode 5355 covers Daveyston, Ebenezer, Light Pass, Marananga, Moppa, Nuriootpa, Seppeltsfield and Stockwell in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Light and Barossa.

Suburbs in 5355

Recorded crime in the council areas

21/100

Light

Low332 of 362 nationally · 55 of 69 in SA · 17,317 residents

Violent 393 per 100k

▲ +47% vs five years earlier

Property 1,721 per 100k

▼ -5% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 341 per 100k

▼ -12% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Daveyston, Ebenezer, Marananga, Moppa, Seppeltsfield in postcode 5355.

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15/100

Barossa

Very low353 of 362 nationally · 64 of 69 in SA · 26,817 residents

Violent 395 per 100k

▲ +0% vs five years earlier

Property 1,342 per 100k

▼ -34% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 224 per 100k

▼ -23% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Light Pass, Nuriootpa, Stockwell in postcode 5355.

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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 5355

What is the crime rate in postcode 5355?

Recorded crime is published for the Light council area, which covers most of postcode 5355. In 2025-26 it recorded 393 violent offences, 1,721 property offences and 341 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5355 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Light council area's violent crime rate is 69% below the national rate and 70% below the South Australia rate (393 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 21 ranks 332 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5355?

Daveyston, Ebenezer, Light Pass, Marananga, Moppa, Nuriootpa, Seppeltsfield and Stockwell.

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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