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

CRIMEJul-25
Assault64
Domestic violence related assault44
Alcohol related assault41
Sexual assault4
House break-ins29
Commercial break-ins15
Motor vehicle theft6
Property damage54

Summary

CRIMEJul-25
Crime against the person84
Crime against property133

The offence data were extracted from the NT Police SerPro system on 01/09/2025.

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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