Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5558

Postcode 5558 covers Cross Roads, Hamley, Kooroona, Moonta, Moonta Bay, Moonta Mines, Nalyappa, North Moonta, North Yelta and Paramatta in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Copper Coast and Yorke Peninsula.

Suburbs in 5558

Recorded crime in the council areas

40/100

Copper Coast

Low246 of 362 nationally · 29 of 69 in SA · 16,601 residents

Violent 940 per 100k

▲ +1% vs five years earlier

Property 2,765 per 100k

▼ -13% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 608 per 100k

▼ -27% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Cross Roads, Hamley, Kooroona, Moonta, Moonta Bay, Moonta Mines, North Moonta, North Yelta, Paramatta in postcode 5558.

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24/100

Yorke Peninsula

Low313 of 362 nationally · 46 of 69 in SA · 12,242 residents

Violent 457 per 100k

▼ -7% vs five years earlier

Property 1,315 per 100k

▼ -15% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 253 per 100k

▼ -30% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Nalyappa in postcode 5558.

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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 5558

What is the crime rate in postcode 5558?

Recorded crime is published for the Copper Coast council area, which covers most of postcode 5558. In 2025-26 it recorded 940 violent offences, 2,765 property offences and 608 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5558 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Copper Coast council area's violent crime rate is 27% below the national rate and 28% below the South Australia rate (940 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 40 ranks 246 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5558?

Cross Roads, Hamley, Kooroona, Moonta, Moonta Bay, Moonta Mines, Nalyappa, North Moonta, North Yelta and Paramatta.

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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