Totara Vale South

Totara Vale South recorded 46 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 13.3 per 1,000 residents across about 3,456 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 Totara Vale South is 13.3 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 46 recorded offences across about 3,456 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 Totara Vale South is theft, with 25 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 54% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (12).

Recorded offences in Totara Vale South have fallen 27.3% 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.

Totara Vale South ranks 516 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 Totara Vale South only with other suburbs in Auckland — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Totara Vale 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.