Aggravated Robbery – Alice Springs
The release
The Northern Territory Police Force is investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred in Alice Springs yesterday evening.
Around 5:50pm, it is alleged a group of up to 12 youths had entered a service station on Larapinta Drive, stolen items and verbally threatened staff and a customer. Some members of the group were allegedly armed with weapons, and some were also wearing masks.
The offenders fled prior to police arrival, and they remain outstanding at this time.
Strike Force Viper has carriage of the investigation and urges anyone with information to contact police on 131 444. Anonymous reports can be made through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or via https://crimestoppersnt.com.au .
— NT PoliceCrime in the Alice Springs council area
Alice Springs is a council area in Northern Territory with about 30,875 residents. It has a Crime Score 93 out of 100 (very high), 5th 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 (94th percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), homicide (95th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 93.
- Violent
- 6,708 per 100k
- Property
- 12,732 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 2,575 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,968 per 100k
See the full Alice Springs crime profile
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