Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · South Australia · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 5724

Postcode 5724 covers Marla and Welbourn Hill in South Australia. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council areas the postcode falls in: Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara and Unincorporated SA.

Suburbs in 5724

Recorded crime in the council areas

66/100

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

High90 of 362 nationally · 9 of 69 in SA · 2,668 residents

Violent 13,306 per 100k

▲ +71% vs five years earlier

Property 12,594 per 100k

▲ +55% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 4,423 per 100k

▲ +85% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Welbourn Hill in postcode 5724.

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85/100

Unincorporated SA

Very high13 of 362 nationally · 1 of 69 in SA · 3,001 residents

Violent 13,129 per 100k

▲ +71% vs five years earlier

Property 18,960 per 100k

▲ +36% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 5,332 per 100k

▲ +60% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Marla in postcode 5724.

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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 5724

What is the crime rate in postcode 5724?

Recorded crime is published for the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area, which covers most of postcode 5724. In 2025-26 it recorded 13,306 violent offences, 12,594 property offences and 4,423 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 5724 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara council area's violent crime rate is 10.4 times the national rate and 10.3 times the South Australia rate (13,306 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 66 ranks 90 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 5724?

Marla and Welbourn Hill.

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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