Mandeville

Mandeville recorded 47 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 25.4 per 1,000 residents across about 1,851 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 Mandeville is 25.4 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 47 recorded offences across about 1,851 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 Mandeville is theft, with 30 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 64% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (16).

Recorded offences in Mandeville have fallen 72.7% 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.

Mandeville ranks 176 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 Mandeville only with other suburbs in Canterbury Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Mandeville, Waimakariri District 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.