Baverstock

Baverstock recorded 23 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 5.5 per 1,000 residents across about 4,158 residents. These are offences recorded by New Zealand Police, which reflect what was reported and recorded rather than all crime that occurred.

The crime rate in Baverstock is 5.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 23 recorded offences across about 4,158 residents. A rate counts offences against a suburb's resident population, so town centres and commercial areas can show high rates because offences there involve people who do not live there.

The most common offence category in Baverstock is theft, with 12 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 52% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (10).

Recorded offences in Baverstock have fallen 16.7% 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.

Baverstock ranks 580 of 633 suburbs in Auckland by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Baverstock only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Baverstock, Auckland 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.