Timaru East

Timaru East recorded 55 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 258 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 Timaru East is theft, with 27 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 49% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (13).

Recorded offences in Timaru East have fallen 15.4% 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.

Timaru East ranks 27 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 Timaru East only with other suburbs in Canterbury Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Timaru East, Timaru 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.