Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5631

Postcode 5631 covers Cockaleechie and Cummins in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Lower Eyre and Tumby Bay.

Suburbs in 5631

Recorded crime in the council areas

16/100

Lower Eyre

Very low348 of 362 nationally · 62 of 69 in SA · 6,268 residents

Violent 526 per 100k

▲ +52% vs five years earlier

Property 1,308 per 100k

▲ +28% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 335 per 100k

▲ +13% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Cummins in postcode 5631.

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22/100

Tumby Bay

Low326 of 362 nationally · 52 of 69 in SA · 2,963 residents

Violent 506 per 100k

▲ +62% vs five years earlier

Property 1,924 per 100k

▲ +113% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 337 per 100k

▼ -3% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Cockaleechie in postcode 5631.

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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 5631

What is the crime rate in postcode 5631?

Recorded crime is published for the Lower Eyre council area, which covers most of postcode 5631. In 2025-26 it recorded 526 violent offences, 1,308 property offences and 335 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5631 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Lower Eyre council area's violent crime rate is 59% below the national rate and 59% below the South Australia rate (526 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 16 ranks 348 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5631?

Cockaleechie and Cummins.

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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