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

CRIMEMay-25
Assault84
Domestic violence related assault58
Alcohol related assault53
Sexual assault7
House break-ins20
Commercial break-ins14
Motor vehicle theft3
Property damage62

Summary

CRIMEMay-25
Crime against the person104
Crime against property132

The offence data were extracted from the NT Police SerPro system on 01/07/2025.

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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