Katherine
The Katherine urban centre consists of the downtown and surrounding rural area closely approximating the Katherine Local Government Area, and represents approximately 5% of the Northern Territory’s population.
The Katherine region falls within the NT Police Northern Command, click here for a message from the Commander.
OFFENCE STATISTICS
| CRIME | 01/08/2015 - 31/07/2016 | 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2017 |
% CHANGE
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|---|
| Assault | 435 | 482 | 10.8 |
| Domestic violence related assault | 311 | 319 | 2.6 |
| Alcohol related assault | 318 | 323 | 1.6 |
| Sexual assault | 22 | 36 | 63.6 |
| House break-ins | 76 | 134 | 76.3 |
| Commercial break-ins | 85 | 93 | 9.4 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 90 | 86 | -4.4 |
| Property Damage | 250 | 289 | 15.6 |
| CRIME | 01/08/2015 - 31/07/2016 | 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2017 |
% CHANGE
|
|---|
| Crime against the person | 491 | 561 | 14.3 |
| Crime against property | 798 | 968 | 21.3 |
RATES OF OFFENDING PER 100,000 POPULATION
| CRIME | 01/08/2015 - 31/07/2016 | 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2017 |
% CHANGE
|
|---|
| Assault | 4050.3 | 4545 | 12.2 |
| Domestic violence related assault | 2895.7 | 3008 | 3.9 |
| Alcohol related assault | 2960.9 | 3045.7 | 2.9 |
| Sexual assault | 204.8 | 339.5 | 65.8 |
| House break-ins | 707.6 | 1263.6 | 78.6 |
| Commercial break-ins | 791.4 | 876.9 | 10.8 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 838 | 810.9 | -3.2 |
| Property Damage | 2327.7 | 2725.1 | 17.1 |
| CRIME | 01/08/2015 - 31/07/2016 | 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2017 |
% CHANGE
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|---|
| Crime against the person | 4571.7 | 5290 | 15.7 |
| Crime against property | 7430.2 | 9127.8 | 22.8 |
The offence data were extracted from the NT Police PROMIS system on 01/09/2017
Offence rates have been calculated using the latest available estimated resident population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australian Demographic Statistics, cat. 3101.0, with regional splits based on Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2012, cat. 3218.0).