Australian Crime Rate

Postcode · Northern Territory · 2025-26

Crime in postcode 0850

Postcode 0850 covers Cossack, Emungalan, Katherine, Katherine East, Katherine South and Lansdowne in Northern Territory. Police publish crime figures by council area, not by postcode, so this page shows the council area the postcode falls in: Katherine.

Suburbs in 0850

Recorded crime in the council area

94/100

Katherine

Very high3 of 362 nationally · 1 of 6 in NT · 11,282 residents

Violent 9,635 per 100k

▲ +61% vs five years earlier

Property 11,673 per 100k

▲ +31% vs five years earlier

Break-ins 2,845 per 100k

▲ +31% vs five years earlier

Recorded offences per 100,000 residents, 2025-26. Covers Cossack, Emungalan, Katherine, Katherine East, Katherine South, Lansdowne in postcode 0850.

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The Crime Score (0 to 100) ranks each council's three-year offence rates against every Australian council, weighted towards serious offences; 50 is the national middle. It describes recorded crime, not personal risk. See the council rankings.

Questions about postcode 0850

What is the crime rate in postcode 0850?

Recorded crime is published for the Katherine council area, which covers postcode 0850. In 2025-26 it recorded 9,635 violent offences, 11,673 property offences and 2,845 break-ins per 100,000 residents.

How does postcode 0850 compare with the rest of Australia?

The Katherine council area's violent crime rate is 7.5 times the national rate and 2.4 times the Northern Territory rate (9,635 against 1,280 nationally, 2025-26). Its Crime Score of 94 ranks 3 of 362 councils nationally, where 1 is the highest recorded crime.

Which suburbs are in postcode 0850?

Cossack, Emungalan, Katherine, Katherine East, Katherine South and Lansdowne.

Where do these figures come from?

Offence counts come from Northern Territory's official police or crime statistics agency, standardised to national offence categories; rates use ABS estimated resident population. Figures describe recorded offences, not personal risk, and recording practices differ between states.

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