NT Balance
The Northern Territory Balance consists of all the areas outside the defined urban centres, including urban fringes, rural areas near the main centres and small remote communities. This area represents approximately 32% of the Northern Territory’s population.
The NT Balance region covers areas across all four Police Commands – Darwin Metropolitan, Northern, Central and Southern Commands. Click on the links to the right to read messages from the respective Commanders.
OFFENCE STATISTICS
CRIME | 01/03/2016 - 28/02/2017 | 01/03/2017 - 28/02/2018 |
% CHANGE
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Assault | 2038 | 2082 | 2.2 |
Domestic violence related assault | 1510 | 1526 | 1.1 |
Alcohol related assault | 700 | 799 | 14.1 |
Sexual assault | 109 | 106 | -2.8 |
House break-ins | 376 | 463 | 23.1 |
Commercial break-ins | 724 | 771 | 6.5 |
Motor vehicle theft | 284 | 267 | -6 |
Property Damage | 1410 | 1639 | 16.2 |
CRIME | 01/03/2016 - 28/02/2017 | 01/03/2017 - 28/02/2018 |
% CHANGE
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Crime against the person | 2381 | 2400 | 0.8 |
Crime against property | 4001 | 4391 | 9.7 |
RATES OF OFFENDING PER 100,000 POPULATION
CRIME | 01/03/2016 - 28/02/2017 | 01/03/2017 - 28/02/2018 |
% CHANGE
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Assault | 2521.8 | 2582.4 | 2.4 |
Domestic violence related assault | 1868.4 | 1892.7 | 1.3 |
Alcohol related assault | 866.2 | 991 | 14.4 |
Sexual assault | 134.9 | 131.5 | -2.5 |
House break-ins | 465.3 | 574.3 | 23.4 |
Commercial break-ins | 895.9 | 956.3 | 6.7 |
Motor vehicle theft | 351.4 | 331.2 | -5.7 |
Property Damage | 1744.7 | 2032.9 | 16.5 |
CRIME | 01/03/2016 - 28/02/2017 | 01/03/2017 - 28/02/2018 |
% CHANGE
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Crime against the person | 2946.2 | 2976.8 | 1 |
Crime against property | 4950.8 | 5446.3 | 10 |
The offence data were extracted from the NT Police PROMIS system on 01/04/2018
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).