Northern Territory Crime Statistics

The Northern Territory crime statistics are prepared by the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice using data recorded by the Northern Territory Police. The statistics on this site are updated on a monthly basis. Earlier quarterly crime statistics are available on the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice website.

NT Crime Statistics are released on the third Friday of each month at 10:30am.

Offence statistics

Selected

CRIMEMay-24
Assault873
Domestic violence related assault578
Alcohol related assault401
Sexual assault32
House break-ins222
Commercial break-ins134
Motor vehicle theft45
Property damage575

Summary

CRIMEMay-24
Crime against the person996
Crime against property1,637

The offence data were extracted from the NT Police SerPro system on 04/07/2024.

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).

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