Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5480

Postcode 5480 covers Appila, Laura and Stone Hut in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Northern Areas and Mount Remarkable.

Suburbs in 5480

Recorded crime in the council areas

11/100

Northern Areas

Very low359 of 362 nationally · 67 of 69 in SA · 4,688 residents

Violent 405 per 100k

▼ -1% vs five years earlier

Property 853 per 100k

▼ -38% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 149 per 100k

▼ -61% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Laura, Stone Hut in postcode 5480.

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18/100

Mount Remarkable

Very low342 of 362 nationally · 58 of 69 in SA · 2,861 residents

Violent 804 per 100k

▲ +81% vs five years earlier

Property 1,503 per 100k

▲ +63% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 280 per 100k

▼ -9% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Appila in postcode 5480.

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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 5480

What is the crime rate in postcode 5480?

Recorded crime is published for the Northern Areas council area, which covers most of postcode 5480. In 2025-26 it recorded 405 violent offences, 853 property offences and 149 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5480 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Northern Areas council area's violent crime rate is 68% below the national rate and 69% below the South Australia rate (405 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 11 ranks 359 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5480?

Appila, Laura and Stone Hut.

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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