Nearly half of Northern Tasmanians do not feel safe being out in public at night, police figures show.
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The latest monthly Tasmania Police police statistical report showed Tasmanians predominantly felt safe when out in public in the daytime, but that dropped away dramatically at night.
At least 90 per cent of survey respondents in each of the three police districts reported feeling safe in the daytime out in public and 92 per cent statewide, compared to 91 per cent nationally.
Only 58 per cent of Tasmanians felt safe out in public at night, compared to 53 per cent nationally.
People in the Northern District were the least likely to feel safe out at night (52 per cent), with the Western District at 57 per cent and the Southern District at 62 per cent.
Meanwhile, North-West crime is decreasing.
Total offences in the police Western District decreased by 12 per cent to 2577 in the six months to the end of December compared to the corresponding period a year earlier, the Tasmania Police figures showed.
Offences decreased in all three divisions in the region, with big drops in Devonport and Burnie.
Devonport division offences fell by 14.4 per cent to 1096, with Burnie down by 15 per cent to 937.
The Central West division, taking in much of Central Coast and the West Coast, had a 2.2 per cent decrease to 544 offences.
Of the three areas, Central West had the lowest offence rate, at 197 per 10,000 residents.
Burnie was at 227 and Devonport at 254.
All had much lower offence rates than "crime capital" Launceston (552)
Crimes classified as serious also fell in the Western District, from 53 to 49.
Total offences increased in the Northern District (from 4629 to 4807) and Southern District (5954 to 6813).
Serious crimes increased slightly in the Northern District (72 to 77) and decreased slightly in the Southern District (160 to 158).
Meanwhile, public order incidents decreased slightly in the Western District (1636 to 1627) and the Northern District (1720 to 1710), but increased by 289 to 4171 in the Southern District.
The police Hobart and Launceston divisions had easily the state's highest rates of public place assaults, at 18 per 10,000 people and 17 per 10,000 respectively.
Public place assaults in Launceston increased by 20.2 per cent to 113, compared to the last six months of 2018.
