Alice Springs residents, leaders angry over rising crime, as chief ...

Alice Springs residents and leaders say they’re angry and frustrated at crime in their community and feel they're witnessing "lawlessness" at a level never seen before, as the chief minister and police commissioner visit in response to a recent jump in violent offending.

A string of violent incidents in recent days — including a home invasion that left an infant with a fractured skull and the alleged rape of woman in her own home by an unknown man — prompted the NT leaders to urgently travel to Alice Springs on Thursday.

Police Commissioner Michael Murphy said the nature of crime had changed in the town, listing abductions, sexual assaults and home invasions among a string of incidents over the past week.

"We've seen the escalation in the suburbs … an escalation from that anti-social behaviour into serious crimes," he said in a press conference on Thursday.

Michael Murphy says Operation Ludlow will be "repurposed" to address the recent rise in offending. (ABC News: Xavier Martin)

Commissioner Murphy said ongoing police operations would be bolstered with extra police from Darwin and repurposed to focus on the suburbs, and a fugitive taskforce would be set up to focus on "high harm" and repeat offenders.

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said she would spend the day holding emergency briefings with police and other community leaders, and flagged federal support may be called upon to bolster the local police force.

Long-term Alice Springs resident Jamie Lawson was among a group of frustrated locals who gathered at the chief minister's press conference outside the local police station, before it was moved inside the building.

He said the situation in the town was becoming "pretty scary".

"We all know the good, bad and the ugly of any community, our community, and the good always outweighs the bad but the balance is tipping the other way pretty rapidly unfortunately," he said.

"You have a right to go home and be safe."

Jamie Lawson is frustrated about rising crime in his town. (ABC News)

Mr Lawson's voice shook as he described the "day-in, day-out" impact of crime on his hometown.

"I've got a family, I've got a wife, I've got a grand-daughter, we all deserve to be safe and that goes for everyone," he said.

"It's getting pretty scary … I think the fabric of society has broken down, I think the government has lost control."

Alice Springs resident Damien Kunoth is a Arrernte, Alyawarre and Pertame man who founded the youth behaviour change program All Rounder.

Mr Kunoth said he felt "ashamed" when he heard of the Wednesday home invasion which left a two-month-old with a serious head injury.

Damien Kunoth says putting more police on the streets won't help the Alice Springs community. (ABC News: Xavier Martin)

"It shouldn't have happened, not to an innocent child in that way, my heart goes out to the family," he said.

"I feel ashamed of my community that [it] has happened."

Mr Kunoth said there was "no order in the community" and believed putting more police on the streets of Alice Springs wouldn't help.

"They've done that over and over and over," he said.

"They don't have a structured plan. It's not about numbers, it's about changing the culture in our community.

"That goes back to having those conversations with elders, the locals, giving them an opportunity to come up with an idea, giving us some power to be a part of the behaviour change."

The police commissioner has said officers will be repurposed to focus on the suburbs.  (ABC News: Xavier Martin)

Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro acknowledged on Thursday that there was anger in the community about the recent crime. 

"I'd like to acknowledge that there are a lot of very angry people in this town who feel frustrated, scared, hurt by what has taken place over recent weeks, and they deserve to be angry. 

This is totally unacceptable, and it is far from normal."

Federal member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour, who lives in Alice Springs, described the situation in her town as "anarchy".

"We've got lawlessness at a level that we haven't seen before," she said.

She said she believed women were being "targeted", "in big numbers".

"There are non-Indigenous women being targeted in Alice Springs," she said.

"Something needs to be done urgently because [these are] women who should be safe in their own homes."

Federal MP Marion Scrymgour has described the situation in her town as "anarchy". (ABC News)

Ms Scrymgour also called for greater "consistency" with policing operations and urged the police commissioner "to outline a very clear plan to the Northern Territory".

"There's been substantial graduations and young policemen and women in the police force. So where are they? What are they doing?" she said.

"There's no excuse here as a community. We have to deal with it. The government has to act. 

"As a federal member, I will work with the government … and start dealing with this because it's neither a Labor or a CLP issue, it's a community issue and we've got to fix it."

The NT's Labor Opposition has called for a curfew to be instated, which, if done, would mark the third in Alice Springs this year.