Shortland Street

Shortland Street recorded 1,119 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 578.3 per 1,000 residents across about 1,935 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 Shortland Street is 578.3 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 1,119 recorded offences across about 1,935 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 Shortland Street is theft, with 732 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 65% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (214).

Recorded offences in Shortland Street have fallen 14.1% 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.

Shortland Street ranks 24 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 Shortland Street only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Shortland 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.