A 20-year-old man has been charged with murder after a teenager was found dead in a Darwin driveway.

Neighbours found the 18-year-old's body in the driveway of a vacant Palmerston property early Saturday morning.

Police said he was found bleeding from the head and is believed to have died between midnight and when he was found. 

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"An initial examination of the deceased identified head trauma and the death was treated as suspicious," Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Paul Morrissey said.

A neighbour told 9News they heard a commotion on Friday night before the 18-year-old's body was found.

"I woke up to the area taped off and someone unresponsive across the road," Hamish Burslem said.

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The 20-year-old man will face Darwin Local Court today.

Police said an investigation into the death is continuing.