Hastings Central

Hastings Central recorded 1,327 offences in the last 12 months. It has about 399 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 Hastings Central is theft, with 1,135 recorded offences in the last 12 months — about 86% of all offences recorded there. The next most common is assault (99).

Recorded offences in Hastings Central have risen 15.9% 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.

Hastings Central ranks 2 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 Hastings Central only with other suburbs in Hawke's Bay Region — not with the rest of New Zealand.

Figures for Hastings Central, 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.