Mount Albert South

Mount Albert South recorded 148 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 65.2 per 1,000 residents across about 2,271 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 Mount Albert South is 65.2 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 148 recorded offences across about 2,271 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 Mount Albert South is theft, with 88 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 59% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (45).

Recorded offences in Mount Albert South have risen 13.2% 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.

Mount Albert South ranks 125 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 Mount Albert South only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Mount Albert South, 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.