--- title: Recorded offences by region and month, Northern Territory resource: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/ publisher: Department of the Attorney-General and Justice licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2026-09-14 rows: 10035 fields: 10 source: https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/d275f870-9e2d-46f5-9054-f48c3ea5d79b/resource/ba2d5649-4b64-40e2-8c25-884398adda0e/download/nt_crime_statistics_july_2026.csv source_sha256: a7e4eaa8aedb53b18c9fd4f86738b90c3bef495ceffb81879d069e327465def9 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Recorded offences by region and month, Northern Territory Offences recorded by NT Police each month since December 2023, by offence category and type, region and statistical area, with alcohol and domestic violence involvement for assaults. Published by Department of the Attorney-General and Justice under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of the Attorney-General and Justice has not endorsed this site. Also called: Northern Territory crime statistics, Alice Springs crime statistics, Darwin crime statistics, NT Police recorded offences by month. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.csv (1.0 MB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.xlsx (384 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.json (2.4 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.parquet (23 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.sqlite (1.9 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.ndjson (2.4 MB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.arrow (189 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.csv.gz (55 KB) Pinned version 2026-09-14: `https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crime-statistics/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crime-statistics/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crime-statistics/rows?alcohol_involvement=eq.Yes&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/nt-crime-statistics/aggregate?group=reporting_region&metric=sum.offences&alcohol_involvement=eq.Yes Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Smaller files - by `reporting_region`: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/by/reporting_region/index.json lists 8 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `as_at` | date | As At | The date the publisher extracted the figures. | | `year` | integer | Year | | | `month` | integer | Month number | Month of the year, 1 for January. | | `offence_category` | string | Offence category | | | `offence_type` | string | Offence type | | | `alcohol_involvement` | string | Alcohol involvement | Yes or No for assault offences, and a dash for other offences. | | `dv_involvement` | string | DV involvement | Yes or No for assault offences, and a dash for other offences. | | `reporting_region` | string | Reporting Region | | | `sa2` | string | Statistical Area 2 | Blank for the main towns, which the publisher reports as regions. | | `offences` | integer | Number of offences | | Key: `year, month, offence_category, offence_type, alcohol_involvement, dv_involvement, reporting_region, sa2`. ## Versions - 2026-09-14: 10035 rows, 10 fields, sha256 a7e4eaa8aedb. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Offences reported to police by suburb and day, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-crime-statistics/) (SA) - [Recorded criminal incidents by council area and month, NSW](https://publicdata.au/d/nsw-recorded-crime-by-lga/) (NSW) - [Reported offences by month, Queensland, from July 1997](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-offences-monthly/) (Qld) - [Family and domestic abuse-related offences by postcode and quarter, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-family-domestic-abuse-offences/) (SA) - [Recorded offences by suburb and offence, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-recorded-offences-by-suburb/) (Vic) - [Recorded offences by council area and offence, Victoria](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-recorded-offences-by-lga/) (Vic) - [Victims of family and domestic violence crimes by state, sex and year, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-fdv-victims-recorded-crime/) (Cth) - [Traffic infringements and charges issued by police district, Queensland, from 2013-14](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-traffic-infringements-issued/) (Qld) - [Speed and red light camera offences, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-camera-expiation-offences/) (SA) - [Traffic and other offences on police-issued expiation notices, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-police-expiation-offences/) (SA) - [Traffic and camera offences and fines, ACT](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences/) (ACT) - [Traffic camera offences and fines, ACT, 2010 to 2021](https://publicdata.au/d/act-traffic-camera-offences-2010-2021/) (ACT) ## Attribution and citation Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, Northern Territory Government, NT Crime Statistics, sourced 29 September 2026, https://data.nt.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, Northern Territory Government, NT Crime Statistics, sourced 29 September 2026, https://data.nt.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/ Harvard: Department of the Attorney-General and Justice (2026) Recorded offences by region and month, Northern Territory, version 2026-09-14 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 29 September 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/ Markdown: Data: [Recorded offences by region and month, Northern Territory](https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/current-nt-crime-statistics-july-2026), Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 29 September 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Recorded offences by region and month as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Recorded offences by region and month in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 10,035 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Recorded offences by region and month cover? The current version covers 2023 to 2025. Each release from Attorney-General and Justice becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Recorded offences by region and month updated? Attorney-General and Justice releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Recorded offences by region and month commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Recorded offences by region and month? No. The publisher is Department of the Attorney-General and Justice, and its page is https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset/current-nt-crime-statistics-july-2026. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one reporting region? Every version has one JSON file per value of reporting_region, 8 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/by/reporting_region/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crime-statistics/v/2026-09-14/by/reporting_region/nt-balance.json holds the 6,145 rows where reporting_region is NT Balance. ### Why does the series start in December 2023? NT Police moved to a new records system, SerPro, in November 2023. The publisher says figures from December 2023 onwards should not be compared directly with earlier figures, and its current release starts there. ### Are recent months final? No. The publisher marks recent months as provisional because offences are entered later in an investigation under SerPro, so a month can take several months to settle. Each monthly release is kept here as its own version, so a later version can revise an earlier month. ### What does a dash mean in the alcohol and domestic violence columns? The publisher records alcohol and domestic violence involvement for assault offences only. Other offences carry a dash, which is kept as published. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/nt-crime-statistics.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/nt-crime-statistics.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.