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-25
Assault855
Domestic violence related assault565
Alcohol related assault422
Sexual assault60
House break-ins170
Commercial break-ins125
Motor vehicle theft34
Property damage745

Summary

CRIMEMay-25
Crime against the person1,053
Crime against property1,674

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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