Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5701

Postcode 5701 covers Arkaroola Village, Cook, Port Augusta, Tarcoola and Woolundunga in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Mount Remarkable and Port Augusta.

Suburbs in 5701

Recorded crime in the council areas

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 Arkaroola Village, Cook, Tarcoola, Woolundunga in postcode 5701.

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82/100

Port Augusta

Very high20 of 362 nationally · 2 of 69 in SA · 14,469 residents

Violent 8,508 per 100k

▲ +105% vs five years earlier

Property 18,529 per 100k

▲ +75% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 5,377 per 100k

▲ +164% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Port Augusta in postcode 5701.

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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 5701

What is the crime rate in postcode 5701?

Recorded crime is published for the Mount Remarkable council area, which covers most of postcode 5701. In 2025-26 it recorded 804 violent offences, 1,503 property offences and 280 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5701 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Mount Remarkable council area's violent crime rate is 37% below the national rate and 38% below the South Australia rate (804 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 18 ranks 342 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5701?

Arkaroola Village, Cook, Port Augusta, Tarcoola and Woolundunga.

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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