Katherine Crime Statistics

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.

Offence statistics

Selected

CRIMEAug-25
Assault89
Domestic violence related assault65
Alcohol related assault59
Sexual assault4
House break-ins29
Commercial break-ins10
Motor vehicle theft1
Property damage53

Summary

CRIMEAug-25
Crime against the person109
Crime against property116

The offence data were extracted from the NT Police SerPro system on 01/10/2025.

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 the latest regional population data available (Regional Population Growth, Australia, cat. 3218.0, or Regional Population by Age and Sex, Australia, cat. 3235.0).

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