Quay Street-Customs Street

Quay Street-Customs Street recorded 391 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 200.5 per 1,000 residents across about 1,950 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 Quay Street-Customs Street is 200.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 391 recorded offences across about 1,950 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 Quay Street-Customs Street is theft, with 260 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 66% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (80).

Recorded offences in Quay Street-Customs Street have risen 18.3% 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.

Quay Street-Customs Street ranks 48 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 Quay Street-Customs Street only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Quay Street-Customs Street, 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.