Karama is an established residential area in Darwin's northern suburbs built in the period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.

The suburb is predominantly made up of residents of low socioeconomic status, with many homes being government housing.

Something needs to be done about the crime in our suburb NOW- Sarah Grego, 9 June 2022 Because it is impossible to go shopping without been asked for money or cigarettes.

The kids can't play in the parks because of the drunken ‘visitors’- Raquel Timney, 8 June 2022 In October that year however these calls were rejected by the Fyles Government with the Police Minister describing the proposal as ‘uneconomical and ineffective’.

[27] Adam Giles, a former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory acknowledged that in Karama, "rundown public housing complexes had been shown to have higher incidences of antisocial behaviour, vandalism and crime.