Flaxmere Park

Flaxmere Park recorded 121 offences in the last 12 months, a rate of 44.2 per 1,000 residents across about 2,736 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 Flaxmere Park is 44.2 offences per 1,000 residents over the last 12 months, from 121 recorded offences across about 2,736 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 Flaxmere Park is theft, with 54 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 45% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is burglary (38).

Recorded offences in Flaxmere Park have risen 52.0% 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.

Flaxmere Park ranks 30 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 Flaxmere Park only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Flaxmere 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.