Waipāwa

Waipāwa recorded 81 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 34.5 per 1,000 residents across about 2,346 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 Waipāwa is 34.5 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 81 recorded offences across about 2,346 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 Waipāwa is theft, with 50 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 62% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (24).

Recorded offences in Waipāwa have fallen 4.0% 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.

Waipāwa ranks 40 of 94 suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region by crime rate, where 1 is the highest rate. This is a ranking of recorded crime, not a safety rating, and it compares Waipāwa only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Waipāwa, Central Hawke's Bay 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.