An apology to Aboriginal Territorians

I, Michael Murphy, Commissioner of the Northern Territory Police am deeply sorry to all Aboriginal Territorians, for the past harms and injustices caused by members of the Northern Territory Police.

I formally apologise for the hurt inflicted upon Aboriginal people, and together with my fellow officers, I commit the NT Police service to do the hard work to transform our relationship with Aboriginal Territorians for a safer community for all.

We know that we cannot change or undo the past, but together we can commit to not repeating our mistakes and the injustices.

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.

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Offence statistics

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CRIME	Dec-24
Assault	1,095
Domestic violence related assault	733
Alcohol related assault	509
Sexual assault	45
House break-ins	266
Commercial break-ins	116
Motor vehicle theft	56
Property damage	723

Summary

CRIME	Dec-24
Crime against the person	1,247
Crime against property	1,791

The offence data were extracted from the NT Police SerPro system on 03/02/2025.

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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