When will someone fix our town? Read local’s heartbreaking plea to fix crime in Alice Springs
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An Alice Springs resident has penned a heartbreaking letter begging authorities to “fix all this crime” as a youth-led crime crisis pushes local jails to breaking point.
In a letter to the inner city newspaper, Alex Morelli wrote that he believes the time has come for locals to fight for their safety after crime rates soared.
‘When is someone going to do something to fix all this crime?’ she begged her.
‘Last night I called the police because a woman was screaming, yelling and throwing rocks on the Eastside.
A resident of Australia’s most dangerous city, Alice Springs, has written a heartbreaking letter begging the authorities to “fix all this crime”.
Northern Territory opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro (pictured) said in a speech last month that businesses in Alice Springs are closing because staff are afraid to go to work due to crime in the city.
“Tonight as I was driving down the main street (McDonald Street) a group of children threw rocks at my car.”
He told Daily Mail Australia that people’s intention to throw stones was “not funny”.
‘The way they do it, they intend to hurt someone.’
Morelli said Australians in other cities have no idea how dangerous Alice Springs feels.
“I lived in Brisbane, then the Sunshine Coast, and then I moved to Alice Springs. I always found Australia to be such a safe country, but here I don’t feel safe at all.
“When I tell people in other parts of Australia what is happening here, they don’t believe me.”
Youths are seen terrorizing the streets of Alice Springs as locals call for help in dealing with the crime wave.
As of January 2023, the only inner city prison is at capacity and the police are forced to house convicted criminals in police stations.
Alice Springs is the only Australian city in the top 20 crime-affected places in the world, ranking 17th according to surveys compiled by Numbeo.
The other cities that made it to the top 100 were Rockhampton at 36, Cairns at 69, Darwin at 79 and Townsville at 96.
In 2022, government statistics showed that Alice Springs tripled the national average for recorded assaults, 2,556 per 100,000 people, compared to 790 for all of Australia.
Alice Spring’s assault rates represented an increase of 36 percent over the previous year.
By several different measures, Alice Springs has some of the worst crime rates in Australia.
Alice Springs is the only Australian city in the top 20 crime-affected places in the world, ranking 17th according to surveys compiled by Numbeo.
Domestic violence assaults are up 45 percent, alcohol-related assaults are up 46 percent, property damage is up 54 percent, auto thefts are up 37 percent, and home invasions are up 24 percent. percent.
Northern Territory opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro said in a speech last month that Alice Springs businesses are closing because staff are too afraid to go to work.
“Behind the staggering crime statistics are families living in fear and business owners being pushed to the brink.”
“They are ‘at breaking point because the financial, physical and emotional costs are too much to bear.’
As of January 2023, the only inner city prison is at capacity and the police are forced to house convicted criminals in police stations.
The Alice Springs Correctional Center, which has reached its capacity of 650 inmates, is expanding to add another 80 beds by the end of 2023.
“It is now apparent that with the yearly trend, more and more prisoners are being held inside the guard house,” jail general manager Bill Carroll wrote in an email to staff.
Last month, ABC reported that a youth crime crisis was affecting Alice Springs.
Some of the outrageous behavior included youngsters driving police cars ‘head first’ to convince them to chase at high speed, the abc informed.
Some of the young offenders were treating the police interaction as good social media content by live streaming activities for their social media accounts.
In late 2020, NT Deputy Police Commissioner Martin Dole compared the cat-and-mouse antics of Alice Spring teens to the classic violent game Grand Theft Auto.
“It’s a superiority type of behavior, it’s a very dangerous game,” he said.
‘It needs to be stopped, and it needs to be eradicated.’
Morelli believes it is time for Alice Springs locals to take to the streets to publicly voice the safety concerns they face.
‘It’s time to protest and demonstrate against this current situation!’ Morelli said.
“Many people are leaving for that reason, and the city is becoming even more uninhabitable.”