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Arrests – Aggravated Burglaries – Alice Springs

Arrests – Aggravated Burglaries – Alice Springs
Alice Springs, Northern Territory · NT Police

The release

Strike Force Viper has arrested three male offenders in relation to multiple aggravated burglaries in Alice Springs in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The males aged 15, 18 and 18 were arrested and charged over an aggravated burglary on Griffiths Place and investigations led to further charges over another incident on the same street earlier in the night.

— NT Police
This report is from NT Police. Read their full release: pfes.nt.gov.au/newsroom/2026/arrests-aggravated-burglaries…

Crime 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

2017-18: 7,597 per 100,0002018-19: 5,319 per 100,0002019-20: 5,969 per 100,0002020-21: 7,053 per 100,0002021-22: 7,903 per 100,0002022-23: 9,883 per 100,0002023-24: 8,656 per 100,0002024-25: 8,094 per 100,0002025-26: 6,708 per 100,0002026-27: 988 per 100,0002017-182022-232026-27
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Alice Springs, 2017-18 to 2026-27 — down 87% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Northern Territory.

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