Northern Territory Crime and Justice Statistical Reporting Regions
Criminal Justice Research and Statistics Unit
Statistical Reporting Regions
The Criminal Justice Research and Statistics Unit reports crime, justice and wholesale alcohol supply statistics for the Northern Territory with regional breakdowns into six urban centres (Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Nhulunbuy) and the Northern Territory Balance (the areas outside the urban centres).
The urban centre boundaries have been defined to conform to the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics[1].
Figure 1: Areas included in the urban centre statistics and the Northern Territory Balance
Boundary Definitions
Darwin
The Darwin urban centre is made up of the Darwin City Statistical Area 3 and Darwin Suburbs Statistical Area 3, including the suburbs from Buffalo Creek, Berrimah and East Arm westwards. These areas represent approximately 35% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 2: Areas included in the Darwin urban centre statistics
Palmerston
The Palmerston urban centre refers to the Palmerston Statistical Area 3,consisting of the areas from Pinelands and Yarrawonga south to the Elizabeth River and representing approximately 13% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 3: Areas included in the Palmerston urban centre statistics
Alice Springs
The Alice Springs urban centre includes the downtown and surrounding areas corresponding to the Larapinta Statistical Area 2, Charles Statistical Area 2, East Side Statistical Area 2, Flynn (NT) Statistical Area 2, Mount Johns Statistical Area 2 and Ross Statistical Area 2. It represents approximately 12% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 4: Areas included in the Alice Springs urban centre statistics
Katherine
The Katherine urban centre consists of the downtown and surrounding rural area included in the Katherine Statistical Area 2, and represents approximately 5% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 5: Area included in the Katherine urban centre statistics
Tennant Creek
The Tennant Creek urban centre consists of the township and surrounding rural area of the Tennant Creek Statistical Area 2, and represents approximately 2% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 6: Area included in the Tennant Creek urban centre statistics
Nhulunbuy
The Nhulunbuy urban centre includes the township (Nhulunbuy Statistical Area 2) and cemetery area[2], and represents approximately 2% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Figure 7: Area included in the Nhulunbuy urban centre statistics
Northern Territory Balance
The Northern Territory Balance is made up of the areas outside the defined urban centres, including urban fringes, rural areas near the main centres and small remote communities. Specifically, the Northern Territory Balance includes the Litchfield Statistical Area 3; the Daly – Tiwi – West Arnhem Statistical Area 3; the East Arnhem Statistical Area 2; the Anindilyakwa Statistical Area 2; the Victoria River Statistical Area 2; the Elsey Statistical Area 2; the Gulf Statistical Area 2; the Barkly Statistical Area 2; the Tanami Statistical Area 2; the Yuendumu – Anmatjere Statistical Area 2; the Sandover – Plenty Statistical Area 2; and the Petermann – Simpson Statistical Area 2. These areas represent approximately 32% of the Northern Territory’s population.
Comments
The Criminal Justice Research and Statistics Unit updated its regional boundary definitions to match the ASGS boundaries in 2012. Regional data released by the Unit from July 2012 follow these boundaries, including data for earlier periods released after July 2012.
Publications released prior to July 2012 have not been amended. Hence, regional data for a particular period in the newer publications may not exactly match the data for the same period and region in the older publications.
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[1] Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Volume 1 – Northern Territory Maps. July 2011. Australian Bureau of Statistics.
[2] The cemetery area experiences occasional crime but has no residential areas or liquor outlets. The population used for Nhulunbuy is that for the Nhulunbuy SA2.