Tennant Creek crime rate and Crime Score · Northern Territory

Tennant Creek is a suburb in the Barkly council area of Northern Territory (about 7,448 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 77 out of 100 (high), 37th 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 (93rd percentile), break-ins (98th percentile), robbery (98th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 85.

In 2024-25: violent 7,666 per 100,000 (+67% vs five years earlier); property 10,097 per 100,000 (-28% vs five years earlier); break-ins 2,618 per 100,000 (-33% vs five years earlier); theft 2,591 per 100,000 (-35% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 3rd of 6 Northern Territory councils with data, highest first.

Unemployment in the Barkly council area is 12% (Northern Territory 5.6%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 38.5% of occupied homes (531 public and 84 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Northern Territory 13.5%). An estimated 722 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 995.9 per 10,000 residents (Northern Territory 563.6), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 9.7% of residents were born overseas (Northern Territory 23.9%), most often in Philippines, England, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 11% (confidence 71 of 100); social housing about 35.3% of homes; about 979.3 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 9.9% 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 Tennant Creek are those of the Barkly council area.

Barkly council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.

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