Oceanic Chatham Islands

Oceanic Chatham Islands recorded 0 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 0 residents, which is below the 500-resident threshold we use for comparing rates, so its crime rate per 1,000 people is not a reliable comparison with other suburbs. Judge it on the offence count, not the rate.

The most common offence category in Oceanic Chatham Islands is assault, with 1 recorded offence in the last 12 months — about 100% of all offences recorded there.

Recorded offences in Oceanic Chatham Islands have stayed level over the most recent three-month period compared with the previous three months. This is a three-month comparison, not a year-on-year one, and short windows move around a lot in small areas.

Oceanic Chatham Islands ranks 1 of 4 suburbs in Area Outside Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Oceanic Chatham Islands only with other suburbs in Area Outside Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Oceanic Chatham Islands, Chatham Islands Territory come from New Zealand Police recorded victimisation data, published through police.govt.nz, and are grouped to Stats NZ Statistical Area 2 (SA2) boundaries. They count offences recorded by Police, so they reflect reporting and recording practice as well as underlying offending.