Rapid Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Northern Territory
Rapid Creek is a suburb in the Darwin council area of Northern Territory (about 90,035 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 85 out of 100 (very high), 16th 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 (90th percentile), homicide (89th percentile), break-ins (87th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 82.
In 2024-25: violent 3,406 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier); property 7,039 per 100,000 (-11% vs five years earlier); break-ins 914 per 100,000 (-27% vs five years earlier); theft 3,405 per 100,000 (-1% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 4th of 6 Northern Territory councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Darwin council area is 4.1% (Northern Territory 5.6%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 6.8% of occupied homes (1,714 public and 207 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Northern Territory 13.5%). An estimated 1,421 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 164.7 per 10,000 residents (Northern Territory 563.6), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 37.1% of residents were born overseas (Northern Territory 23.9%), most often in Philippines, India, Nepal. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 3.8% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 6.2% of homes; about 162 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 37.7% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Northern Territory publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Rapid Creek are those of the Darwin council area.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 3,406 | 3,067 | +41% |
| Property | 7,039 | 6,338 | -11% |
| Break-ins | 914 | 823 | -27% |
| Theft | 3,405 | 3,066 | -1% |
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