Calls to bring in federal police and the Australian Defence Force to control rising crime around Alice Springs have been rejected by NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and the Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles arrived in town to address the crisis.

Last week Alice Springs mayor Matt Patterson called for escalated action in the town as local police struggle to manage.

"It's happening every single day, it's a slow burn here, and we need help," he told the ABC.

"So, whether that is the AFP, whether that is the army, or whether that is just resources from another jurisdiction, we need them in Alice Springs now.

"We need more boots on the ground every single day of the year at this stage, until this is addressed."

On Monday federal opposition leader Peter Dutton backed up the call, labelled the situation "unconscionable" and suggested the crisis was being largely disregarded.

"I promise you if the level of violence of crime of sexual assault of domestic and family violence was occurring in Brisbane or in Melbourne or in Hobart or in Sydney, there would be outrage and the Premiers in those states would be calling for additional resources from their police departments to go in and restore law and order," he said.

"It was clear to me when we went up to Alice Springs that this issue was beyond the resources of the Northern Territory government."

Mr Dutton said he had raised the need for a Royal Commission into the state of Alice Springs and had not received a response from Mr Albanese.

Much of the blame has been placed on the pullback of long-standing alcohol restrictions across Aboriginal town-camps around the Alice, most notably under the Strong Futures program since 2012, which ended July last year.

In her maiden speech to Parliament six months ago local MP Marion Scrymgour criticised the overnight lift of restrictions that have seen alcohol re-enter vulnerable communities.

The scale-back of interventionist methods included the opportunity for individual areas to opt-in to continued prohibitions, where a number were taken up across the Territory.

Speaking to Radio National on Tuesday, NT Police Commissioner Chalker described the links between alcohol and increased crime as "undeniable".

Latest crime statistics identified a 54 per cent increase in alcohol-related assaults from the previous data set.

Similar increases presented across domestic violence-related assault, commercial break-ins, property damage and assaults more generally, while sexual assault numbers dropped by 10 per cent.

The reported statistics are taken from the period between December 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022, which include the eight months previous to the lift on alcohol restrictions.

Commissioner Chalker suggested a significant relocation of people into Alice Springs in recent months as well as welfare dependency and inadequate service delivery have been contributing factors both in the town and surrounding communities.

However, he did concede greater accessibility to alcohol is "certainly part of the issue".

Within a local population of around 26,000, he said up to 300 people are consuming alcohol "from the early hours of the morning" on weekdays between licensed venues and then take-away purchases commencing from 2pm.

He did not confirm whether his view is that restrictions should be reintroduced.

Speaking to Radio National the Commissioner stated "we can't arrest our way out of this".

"I'm not sure that the imagery of Australian soldiers, who are here to serve our country, dealing with First Nations people in a way that sees them having to arrest them and place them in police vehicles and alike, is the imagery we really want for Australia," he said.

Commissioner Chalker said he was pleased to hear there is "genuine talk" about bipartisan support to address the issue.

Local community-controlled health service the Central Australia Aboriginal Congress is expected to meet with the Prime Minister, Minister for Indigenous Australians and NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles on Tuesday.

CAAC did not respond by time of publishing.

More to come.