Palmerston crime rate and Crime Score · Northern Territory council area

Palmerston is a council area in Northern Territory with about 43,193 residents. It has a Crime Score 79 out of 100 (high), 33rd of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (87th percentile), break-ins (84th percentile), robbery (96th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 78.

In 2024-25: violent 2,924 per 100,000 (+64% vs five years earlier); property 5,672 per 100,000 (-16% vs five years earlier); break-ins 889 per 100,000 (-32% vs five years earlier); theft 2,533 per 100,000 (+8% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 5th of 6 Northern Territory councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Palmerston council area is 4.2% (Northern Territory 5.6%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 7.3% of occupied homes (857 public and 47 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Northern Territory 13.5%). An estimated 230 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 56.1 per 10,000 residents (Northern Territory 563.6), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 24.3% of residents were born overseas (Northern Territory 23.9%), most often in Philippines, England, India. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.9% (confidence 82 of 100); social housing about 6.7% of homes; about 55.2 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 24.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.

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Suburbs in the Palmerston council area

Bakewell · Bellamack · Gunn · Johnston · Mitchell · Rosebery · Zuccoli

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