Gisborne Central

Gisborne Central recorded 1,091 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 198 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 Gisborne Central is theft, with 810 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 74% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (152).

Recorded offences in Gisborne Central have risen 17.1% 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.

Gisborne Central ranks 1 of 29 suburbs in Gisborne Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Gisborne Central only with other suburbs in Gisborne Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Gisborne Central, Gisborne 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.