Riverhead Forest

Riverhead Forest recorded 1 offence 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 Riverhead Forest is theft, with 1 recorded offence in the last 12 months — about 100% of all offences recorded there.

Recorded offences in Riverhead Forest 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.

Riverhead Forest ranks 620 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 Riverhead Forest only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Riverhead Forest, 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.