Kingsland

Kingsland recorded 159 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 50.3 per 1,000 residents across about 3,162 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 Kingsland is 50.3 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 159 recorded offences across about 3,162 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 Kingsland is theft, with 86 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 54% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (45).

Recorded offences in Kingsland have fallen 26.3% 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.

Kingsland ranks 168 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 Kingsland only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Kingsland, 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.