NT Police confirm property crime spike in Darwin’s rural area, urge residents to share information

Cheryl Vries used to feel so safe in her rural Darwin home, she’d leave the keys in her car’s ignition. Now, she locks every door.

She was one of roughly 300 residents who attended a meeting in Bees Creek on Saturday morning, following a spate of petty crime in the area.

Northern Territory Police confirmed there had been a spike in property crime in the rural area since mid-September, with 34 incidents reported in the past 12 weeks.

But many more questions were raised about why police had not made an arrest.

Ms Vries said she had lived in…