Akina Park

Akina Park recorded 192 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 85.3 per 1,000 residents across about 2,250 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 Akina Park is 85.3 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 192 recorded offences across about 2,250 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 Akina Park is theft, with 115 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 60% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (42).

Recorded offences in Akina Park have fallen 3.8% 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.

Akina Park ranks 11 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 Akina Park only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Akina Park, Hastings 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.