Broken Run

Broken Run recorded 158 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 250.8 per 1,000 residents across about 630 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 Broken Run is 250.8 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 158 recorded offences across about 630 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 Broken Run is theft, with 97 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 61% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (45).

Recorded offences in Broken Run have fallen 2.0% 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.

Broken Run ranks 25 of 331 suburbs in Canterbury Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Broken Run only with other suburbs in Canterbury Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Broken Run, Christchurch City 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.